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Your source for cutting edge information about the exploration and expansion of consciousness. Featured speakers include Terence McKenna, Alex Grey, Daniel Pinchbeck, Erik Davis, Ann and Sasha Shulgin, Nick Sand, Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson and more. You can access all of these podcasts for free at PsychedelicSalon.org or through MatrixMasters.net/salon/en(Lorenzo) lorenzo@matrixmasters.com(Lorenzo) lorenzo@matrixmasters.comLorenzo Hagertyhttp://www.feedburner.comhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/assets/ButtonMMPalenque.jpgThis Feed Powered by FeedBurner.comhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.Salon2 024 - "Cannabis Ceremonies"Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:57:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2024WilliamsCannabis/Salon2-024-WilliamsCannabis.mp3Becca Williams, cannabis, marijuana, healing, trauma, ceremony, ritualAfter much work with cannabis, Becca Williams learned how to use it as a Spirit Plant medicine. She teaches people about the power of cannabis to heal traumas and now leads Cannabis Ceremonies in Denver, Colorado. Her work also includes excellent educational videos. Her Website, Straight Talk, is overflowing with content.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6GGCajPrPeo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6GGCajPrPeo/Salon2-024-WilliamsCannabis.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2024WilliamsCannabis/Salon2-024-WilliamsCannabis.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2024WilliamsCannabis/Salon2-024-WilliamsCannabis.mp3Podcast 546 - "Insanity"Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:01:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/546TMcKennaInsanity/546-TMcKennaInsanity.mp3Terence McKenna, Esalen, insanity, schizophrenia, therapy, pheromonesToday's podcast features a conversation held at the Esalen Institute on the evening of August 27, 1992 and led by Terence McKenna. The topic was insanity.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4J4Am50c-_Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4J4Am50c-_Y/546-TMcKennaInsanity.mp3https://archive.org/download/546TMcKennaInsanity/546-TMcKennaInsanity.mp3https://archive.org/download/546TMcKennaInsanity/546-TMcKennaInsanity.mp3Salon2-023 - "Mona Zhang's Cannabis News"Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:21:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2023MonaZhang/Salon2-023-MonaZhang.mp3Mona Zhang, cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, grass, weed, cannabinoids, THC, CBD, dabs, oilMona Zhang writes an important newsletter about cannabis, where she gives us an update on news around the weed world and what she saw in the smoking scenes of Beijing, London and New York. You may sign up for her excellent newsletter at The Word Tree<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/YpcPk-AQkRE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/YpcPk-AQkRE/Salon2-023-MonaZhang.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2023MonaZhang/Salon2-023-MonaZhang.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2023MonaZhang/Salon2-023-MonaZhang.mp3Podcast 545 - "Current Research and Future Trends of Psychedelics, Stanford 2/3/91"Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:21:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/545VariousStanford1991/545-VariousStanford1991.mp3Bruce Eisner, David Nichols, Rick Doblin, Charles Grob, Richard Yensen, and Timothy Leary, psychedelics, medicine, psychedelic research, future, MDMA, LSD, virtual realityToday's podcast features a panel discussion that took place at a psychedelic conference that was held at Stanford University in February of 1991, which is before the World Wide Web came into existence. At the time, conferences such as this were the primary means of communicating information about psychedelics to the public-at-large. Participants were: Bruce Eisner, David Nichols, Rick Doblin, Charles Grob, Richard Yensen, and Dr. Timothy Leary who, in addition to his own comments, also provided some amusing running commentary during several of the other talks. And we get to hear a young Rick Doblin give one of his most detailed descriptions about how he first came to become involved in psychedelic research.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/CbUMRPqigFY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/CbUMRPqigFY/545-VariousStanford1991.mp3https://archive.org/download/545VariousStanford1991/545-VariousStanford1991.mp3https://archive.org/download/545VariousStanford1991/545-VariousStanford1991.mp3Salon2 -022 "Psycho-Tech with Dr. Roberts"Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:21:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2022ThomasRoberts/Salon2-022ThomasRoberts.mp3Thomas Roberts, psychedelics, psychoactives, lsd, psilocybin, marijuanaDr. Thomas Roberts is one of the most forward thinking people in the field of psychedelics. This interview covers his experiences leading up to the idea of psycho-technologies. His book, "The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values" is a valuable addition to any explorer's bookshelf and his approach to psychedelic scholarship envisions the future of creative thinking fostered by these old tools.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/R59dEZy61Mk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/R59dEZy61Mk/Salon2-022ThomasRoberts.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2022ThomasRoberts/Salon2-022ThomasRoberts.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2022ThomasRoberts/Salon2-022ThomasRoberts.mp3Salon2 -021 "Tipper Stage's Harm Prevention"Mon, 27 Jul 2017 12:21:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2021LiveAtTipper/Salon2-021LiveAtTipper.mp3prohibition, informants, war on drugs, harm reduction, harm reductionFor this entry in the Psychedelic History Project, here are three short lectures from the stage of the Tipper and Friends festival in Florida. Mitchell Gomez of DanceSafe starts with his work in festival harm reduction, Lex Pelger talks about psychoactive storytelling, and Margie Weiss-Hoffman. She became an activist about the use of confidential informants after her daughter was murdered in a police sting gone wrong.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/sXA-SpRcx0Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/sXA-SpRcx0Y/Salon2-021LiveAtTipper.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2021LiveAtTipper/Salon2-021LiveAtTipper.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2021LiveAtTipper/Salon2-021LiveAtTipper.mp3Salon2 -020 "New Drugs and Safe Parties"Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:21:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2020DanceSafe/Salon2-020-DanceSafe.mp3Mitchell Gomez, drugs, harm reduction, parties, raves, drug testing, psychedelics, MDMA, fentanyl, Molly, LSD, psilocybin, mushrooms, DanceSafe, EcstasyMitchell Gomez of DanceSafe walks us through what is happening with drugs in the wild and what his organization is doing to reduced harm at festivals, parties and other psychoactive gatherings of the tribe. On the street today, MDMA is strong, ketamine is cut, and fentanyl is everywhere. Mitchell also explains more about DanceSafe's drug education, harm reduction and reagent testing services.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SupQ80-UoTI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SupQ80-UoTI/Salon2-020-DanceSafe.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2020DanceSafe/Salon2-020-DanceSafe.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2020DanceSafe/Salon2-020-DanceSafe.mp3Salon2 -019 "Wild Bill Radacinski"Fri, 21 Jul 2017 13:21:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2019WildBill/Salon2-019WildBill.mp3William Radacinski, psychedelics, Palenque Entheobotany Conference, Terrence McKenna, LSD, mushrooms, cannabis, marijuanaWild Bill knows no bounds. A native of Queens and an explorer of psychedelic space, he is an old friend of Lorenzo who has some interesting experiences to share.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/BP99oGQs8iU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/BP99oGQs8iU/Salon2-019WildBill.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2019WildBill/Salon2-019WildBill.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2019WildBill/Salon2-019WildBill.mp3Salon2 -018 "Drug Laws"Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:21:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2018MarkHaden/Salon2-018MarkHaden.mp3Mark Haden, psychedelics, laws, drug regulation, marijuana, LSD, mushrooms, heroin, crack, prohibition, PsymposiaIt's rare to meet someone eager to tackle the law but in this interview with Mark Haden, the Executive Director of MAPS Canada, he wrestles with the thorniest problem of all: how to regulate these drugs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Cq9VMe2muJc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Cq9VMe2muJc/Salon2-018MarkHaden.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2018MarkHaden/Salon2-018MarkHaden.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2018MarkHaden/Salon2-018MarkHaden.mp3Salon2 -017 "The Case for Cognitive Liberty"Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:21:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2017HardisonCognitiveLiberty/Salon2-017-HardisonCognitiveLiberty.mp3psychedelics, acid, LSD, mushrooms, cognitive liberty, prohibition, chemistry, Casey Hardison, PsymposiaThis week we feature the underground chemist and cognitive liberty hero Casey Hardison. He served almost 10 years in the UK on drug charges, but now he's free and sharing his story from the Shulgin Farm on the Fourth of July.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/De3Rlg-sz_Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/De3Rlg-sz_Y/Salon2-017-HardisonCognitiveLiberty.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2017HardisonCognitiveLiberty/Salon2-017-HardisonCognitiveLiberty.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2017HardisonCognitiveLiberty/Salon2-017-HardisonCognitiveLiberty.mp3Podcast 544- "Biodiversity Is Biosecurity"Sun, 09 Jul 2017 16:01:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/544StametsPN2016/544-StametsPN2016.mp3Paul Stamets, mushrooms, psilocybin, science, research, Palenque Norte, Burning ManToday's podcast features the 2016 Palenque Norte lecture by Paul Stamets, who is one of the leading mycologists in the world. In this talk Paul covers a wide range of knowledge about mushrooms and mycelium that will blow your mind. For anyone interested in biology, this talk is not to be missed. As Paul says, "There's a recurring lessen here folks, when we're facing extinction events pairing with fungi has an evolutionary advantage. And we should make use of that."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EavPMO_Q9QU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EavPMO_Q9QU/544-StametsPN2016.mp3https://archive.org/download/544StametsPN2016/544-StametsPN2016.mp3https://archive.org/download/544StametsPN2016/544-StametsPN2016.mp3Salon2 016 - "Psychedelic Stories from Victoria"Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:01:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2016VictoriaStories/Salon2-016VictoriaStories.mp3psychedelics, storytelling, Psymposia, Victoria, mushrooms, psilocybin, LSD, marijuana, cannabisFor convincing your relatives about the power of MDMA, have them listen to the first story in this episode and then read this article where Oprah's senior editor reports on the healing and then tries it herself: Inside the Investigation: Can MDMA Heal Psychological Trauma?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fJQvS_vrU0I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fJQvS_vrU0I/Salon2-016VictoriaStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2016VictoriaStories/Salon2-016VictoriaStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2016VictoriaStories/Salon2-016VictoriaStories.mp3Salon2 015 - "Mary Porter's Peyote Church"Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:03:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2015PortersPeyoteChurch/Salon2-015-PortersPeyoteChurch.mp3Mary Porter, Psymposia, psychedelics, peyote, religionAround the kitchen table, we hear from the powerhouse Mary Porter, a Native woman who, after her wild years staying away from the medicine, founded the Looking Glass Peyote Church. The episode ends with hearing from a discriminating young veteran about his experience, through Mary, finally finding a teacher and a path.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/n1P7iHdVXa0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/n1P7iHdVXa0/Salon2-015-PortersPeyoteChurch.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2015PortersPeyoteChurch/Salon2-015-PortersPeyoteChurch.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2015PortersPeyoteChurch/Salon2-015-PortersPeyoteChurch.mp3Salon2 014 - "Psymposia Stories from Los Angeles"Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:33:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2014LAStories/Salon2-014LAStories.mp3psychedelics, psychoactives, storytelling, Psymposia, LSD, mushrooms, magickPsymposia hopes that you enjoy these stories from Los Angeles. Besides the police officer Michael Wood and UltraCulture's Jason Louv and an array of other storytellers who have fathomed hell or soared angelic. This episode ends with one of the most powerful stories we have ever heard on on our stage. Also there is an announcement about the Psychedelic History Project for which Lex Pelger will be archiving this summer in order to save a unique treasure trove acquired by Dr. Timothy Leary and saving it for the world.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/P97isJ2lP7A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/P97isJ2lP7A/Salon2-014LAStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2014LAStories/Salon2-014LAStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2014LAStories/Salon2-014LAStories.mp3Podcast 543 - "Working With Medicinal Plants"Sun, 18 Jun 2017 18:01:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/543MerrimanMedicinalPlants/543-MerrimanMedicinalPlants.mp3Shonagh Home, Erin Rivera Merriman, psilocybin, ayahuasca, medicine womenToday's podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and Erin Rivera Merriman who is an Esoteric Women's Health Practitioner, Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner, Priestess, Oracle, Artist, and Mother. Erin has taught art to Brooklyn teens, volunteered as an Interfaith Chaplain in maximum security New York City prison, led women’s ceremonial circles and organized retreats with indigenous teachers since 2007.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Kd2Z5DKydn4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Kd2Z5DKydn4/543-MerrimanMedicinalPlants.mp3https://archive.org/download/543MerrimanMedicinalPlants/543-MerrimanMedicinalPlants.mp3https://archive.org/download/543MerrimanMedicinalPlants/543-MerrimanMedicinalPlants.mp3Salon2 013- "Pallamary's Paths of Shamanism"Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:01:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2013PallamaryShamanism/Salon2-013-PallamaryShamanism.mp3Matt Pallamary, Psymposia, psychedelics, shamanism, plant medicine, writing, ayahuasca, San PedroAfter hearing from Matt Pallamary at the San Diego storytelling in last week's episode, here's an interview with him about the tools of shamanism applied to writing, the pitfalls of gurus and his many stories and lessons from his decades spent diving deep into the many paths of shamanism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/2epIegn2OF4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/2epIegn2OF4/Salon2-013-PallamaryShamanism.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2013PallamaryShamanism/Salon2-013-PallamaryShamanism.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2013PallamaryShamanism/Salon2-013-PallamaryShamanism.mp3Salon2 012- "Psychedelic Stories from San Diego"Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:15:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2012SanDiegoStories/Salon2-012-SanDiegoStories.mp3psychedelics, drugs, psychoactives, cannabis, marijuana, storytelling, PsymposiaHere's the storytelling session from San Diego. It's an especially powerful gathering thanks to the Aware Project creating community there. Plus, lucky story #7 comes from Lorenzo himself and includes a great history on the importance of the talks in Palenque, Mexico.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/xHgdSFNyrzw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/xHgdSFNyrzw/Salon2-012-SanDiegoStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2012SanDiegoStories/Salon2-012-SanDiegoStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2012SanDiegoStories/Salon2-012-SanDiegoStories.mp3Podcast 542 - "Shamans of the Global Village"Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:51:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/542HeckmanRazamPN2016/542-HeckmanRazamPN2016.mp3Rak Razam, Niles Heckman, shamanism, Burning Man, Palenque Norte, medicine, psychedelicsToday's podcast features the 2016 Palenque Norte Lecture by documentary film makers Rak Razam and Niles Heckman. In addition to discussing their work with indigenous people, they discuss the making of their documentary, "Shamans of the Global Village".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/aPrTnMkkl7w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/aPrTnMkkl7w/542-HeckmanRazamPN2016.mp3https://archive.org/download/542HeckmanRazamPN2016/542-HeckmanRazamPN2016.mp3https://archive.org/download/542HeckmanRazamPN2016/542-HeckmanRazamPN2016.mp3Salon2 011 - "Psychedelic Therapy for Veterans"Mon, 29 May 2017 15:51:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2011IanBenouis/Salon2-011-IanBenouis.mp3Lex Pelger, Ian Benouis, psychedelics, plant medicines, veterans, memorial day, PsymposiaThis week we talk with military veteran Ian Benouis who works to connect those who served with the plant medicines. He works with the Weed for Warriors project and with Veterans for Entheogenic Therapy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/IsyfB5-cIbg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/IsyfB5-cIbg/Salon2-011-IanBenouis.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2011IanBenouis/Salon2-011-IanBenouis.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2011IanBenouis/Salon2-011-IanBenouis.mp3Salon2 010 - "Stories from Boulder, Colorado"Mon, 22 May 2017 15:51:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2010PsymposiaBoulderCO/Salon2-010PsymposiaBoulderCO.mp3psychedelics, storytelling, drugs, psychoactive, PsymposiaToday's podcast features the Psymposia Stories from Boulder, CO. A wide-range of people gathered under Naropa University to share their personal tales.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/WGSoDCQmLoU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/WGSoDCQmLoU/Salon2-010PsymposiaBoulderCO.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2010PsymposiaBoulderCO/Salon2-010PsymposiaBoulderCO.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2010PsymposiaBoulderCO/Salon2-010PsymposiaBoulderCO.mp3Podcast 541 - "The Divine Feminine"Sat, 20 May 2017 15:51:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/541TheDivineFeminine/541-TheDivineFeminine.mp3Shonagh Home, Rachel Harris, ayahuasca, books, psychedelics, therapyToday we feature the second of two interviews with Rachel Harris, author of Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety. In an earlier episode in the Salon2 series, we heard Rachel in her very professional mode, every bit the Ph.D. that she is. In this episode of the salon we get to experience another side of Rachel, the everyday human side. Not that we don't get the benefit of her extensive background, research, and practical experience, but in this enjoyable conversation between her and our own Shonagh Home that is more like an everyday conversation between two long time friends. Even if you think that you know all about Rachel's new book, you won't want to miss this podcast.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/XJnbHm2k8-c" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/XJnbHm2k8-c/541-TheDivineFeminine.mp3https://archive.org/download/541TheDivineFeminine/541-TheDivineFeminine.mp3https://archive.org/download/541TheDivineFeminine/541-TheDivineFeminine.mp3Salon2 009 - "Cannabis and SpiritualityMon, 15 May 2017 10:51:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2009CannabisAndSpirituality/Salon2-009-CannabisAndSpirituality.mp3Stephen Gray, drugs, cannabis, marijuana, spirituality, PsymposiaThis week we talk with Stephen Gray, the editor and writer who pulled together the excellent collection of essays titled:
"Cannabis and Spirituality: An Explorer’s Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally"<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9TnhgRtxS-Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9TnhgRtxS-Y/Salon2-009-CannabisAndSpirituality.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2009CannabisAndSpirituality/Salon2-009-CannabisAndSpirituality.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2009CannabisAndSpirituality/Salon2-009-CannabisAndSpirituality.mp3Podcast 540 - "What Does Being Human Mean?"Fri, 12 May 2017 11:01:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/540TMcKennaBeingHuman/540-TMcKennaBeingHuman.mp3Terence McKenna, science fiction, poverty, aging, death, DNA, psychedelics, language, Esalen Institute, futureIn this final installment of an August 1998 series of lectures at the Esalen Institute by Terence McKenna, he wraps up these talks by touching on fiction, poverty, aging, death, DNA, psychedelics, and language. And on one of his favorite topics, culture, he has this to say, "Culture, as a con game, lasts long enough to keep you entranced up until sometime in midlife. If you live beyond midlife and you still are fascinated and entranced by culture chances are you're an idiot of some sort."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Iv_KZTQcD5I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Iv_KZTQcD5I/540-TMcKennaBeingHuman.mp3https://archive.org/download/540TMcKennaBeingHuman/540-TMcKennaBeingHuman.mp3https://archive.org/download/540TMcKennaBeingHuman/540-TMcKennaBeingHuman.mp3Salon2 008- "Psymposia Stories - Austin, TX"Mon, 08 May 2017 10:01:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2008AustinTexasStories/Salon2-008AustinTexasStories.mp3psychedelics, drugs, storytelling, Psymposia, keepAustinweirdHere's our next set of stories from the Blue-Dot tour's stop in a library of Austin, Texas.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4HeTz4jlMNE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4HeTz4jlMNE/Salon2-008AustinTexasStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2008AustinTexasStories/Salon2-008AustinTexasStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2008AustinTexasStories/Salon2-008AustinTexasStories.mp3Podcast 539 - "Novelty and Technology"Thu, 04 May 2017 15:04:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/539TMcKennaTechAndNovelty/539-TMcKennaTechAndNovelty.mp3Terence McKenna, psychedelics, Esalen Institute, novelty theory, dark matter, physicsIn today's podcast Terence McKenna talks about one of his most abiding interests, the increase of novelty/complexity in the universe. Along the way he also touches on psychedelics, the Esalen Institute, dark matter, and modern physics.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6o1NmCqNVHY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6o1NmCqNVHY/539-TMcKennaTechAndNovelty.mp3https://archive.org/download/539TMcKennaTechAndNovelty/539-TMcKennaTechAndNovelty.mp3https://archive.org/download/539TMcKennaTechAndNovelty/539-TMcKennaTechAndNovelty.mp3Salon2 007 - "Listening To Ayahuasca"Mon, 01 May 2017 11:04:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2007ListeningToAyahuasca/Salon2-007-ListeningToAyahuasca.mp3psychedelics, ayahuasca, medicine, psymposia, Rachel Harris, Lex PelgerWe sit down with Dr. Rachel Harris who collected countless anecdotes of people's work with ayahuasca and condensed them into the excellent book:
Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/wUcrH7hWlRA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/wUcrH7hWlRA/Salon2-007-ListeningToAyahuasca.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2007ListeningToAyahuasca/Salon2-007-ListeningToAyahuasca.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2007ListeningToAyahuasca/Salon2-007-ListeningToAyahuasca.mp3Podcast 538 - "Are Psychedelics Spiritual?"Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:54:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/538TMcKennaArePsychedelicsSpiritual/538-TMcKennaArePsychedelicsSpiritual.mp3Terence McKenna, spirituality, science, religion, New Age, truth, bad trips, psychedelics, aliensIn today's podcast we rejoin Terence McKenna for an August 1998 workshop in which he approached the topic of psychedelics and spirituality and then launched (thanks to a question) into a rap about how to avoid bad trips. He then went on to say that he wasn't a fan of poly-drugging. And along the way he tells a story about an over-the-top acid trip he once had that I guarantee will cause you to laugh out loud. He also explains how a mushroom trip went bad and turned into "the worst" psychedelic experience of his life, which he then describes in great detail.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/yeNoR7exgO4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/yeNoR7exgO4/538-TMcKennaArePsychedelicsSpiritual.mp3https://archive.org/download/538TMcKennaArePsychedelicsSpiritual/538-TMcKennaArePsychedelicsSpiritual.mp3https://archive.org/download/538TMcKennaArePsychedelicsSpiritual/538-TMcKennaArePsychedelicsSpiritual.mp3Salon2 006 - "Stories from Athens"Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:54:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2006StoriesFromAthens/Salon2-006StoriesFromAthens.mp3Lex Pelger, Psymposia, psychedelics, story tellingToday's program features some stories that the Psymposia Team recorded in Athens, Georgia on their Blue Dot Tour.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/HDLv27H0U1s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/HDLv27H0U1s/Salon2-006StoriesFromAthens.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2006StoriesFromAthens/Salon2-006StoriesFromAthens.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2006StoriesFromAthens/Salon2-006StoriesFromAthens.mp3Salon2 005 - "Psychoactive Drug Research"Mon, 17 Apr 2017 11:54:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2005PelgerMcKenna/Salon2-005-Pelger-McKenna.mp3Lex Pelger, Dennis McKenna, psychedelics, cannabis, graphic novels, science, medical researchLex talks with Dennis McKenna about the upcoming ESPD50 conference: the Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs 50th Anniversary Symposium.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/v80jk3jSCtY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/v80jk3jSCtY/Salon2-005-Pelger-McKenna.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2005PelgerMcKenna/Salon2-005-Pelger-McKenna.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2005PelgerMcKenna/Salon2-005-Pelger-McKenna.mp3Podcast 537 - "Integrating A Medicine Experience"Sun, 16 Apr 2017 12:04:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/537ShounaghCoder/537-Shounagh-Coder.mp3Books, Consciousness, Culture, Medicine, Psychedelics, PTSD, Shonagh Home, Women's WisdomToday’s podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and Dr. Katherine Coder, a Transpersonal Psychologist. Dr. Kat’s specialties include trauma resolution, healing shame, relationship healing, cultivating the deep Feminine, ceremony, and one-on-one client work for those looking for a deeper connection to themselves and their world. Her transformative work connects body, mind, and Spirit to allow people to integrate at a profound level and live from their true essence. She is author of the book, After the Ceremony: A Companion Guide to Help You Integrate Plant Medicine Experiences.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/5RVkEm3JyWM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/5RVkEm3JyWM/537-Shounagh-Coder.mp3https://archive.org/download/537ShounaghCoder/537-Shounagh-Coder.mp3https://archive.org/download/537ShounaghCoder/537-Shounagh-Coder.mp3Salon2 004 - "Psychedelic Science 2017"Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:54:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2004PelgerBurge/Salon2-004-PelgerBurge.mp3Lex Pelger, Brad Burge, psychedelic science, blue dot tour, psychedelics, MAPS, mushrooms, LSDToday's podcast features Brad Burge, the director of communications for MAPS, who tells us more about the upcoming 6-day conference in Oakland, CA: Psychedelic Science 2017.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/H4C0xs0Ih7Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/H4C0xs0Ih7Y/Salon2-004-PelgerBurge.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2004PelgerBurge/Salon2-004-PelgerBurge.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2004PelgerBurge/Salon2-004-PelgerBurge.mp3Salon2 003 - "Psychedelic Stories from Canada"Mon, 03 Apr 2017 09:54:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2003PsymposiaMontreal2015/Salon2-003PsymposiaMontreal2015.mp3Lex Pelger, psychedelics, storytelling, mushrooms, LSD, Psymposia, psychoactivesThis week you’ll hear stories recorded live at Psymposia Stories Montreal from 920 Psilocybin Mushroom Day 2015.
Adi Khavous: A nomadic street artist’s first time taking mushrooms.
Jenifer Dumpert: One dream researcher’s story about Santa, drugs, and elves.
Brett Greene: A howling tale of a Jeremiah in the wilderness kind of head trip.
Pol Cosineau: The life changing drug experience of a man who well prepared himself for the voyage.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ruZdToxIrsA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ruZdToxIrsA/Salon2-003PsymposiaMontreal2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2003PsymposiaMontreal2015/Salon2-003PsymposiaMontreal2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2003PsymposiaMontreal2015/Salon2-003PsymposiaMontreal2015.mp3Podcast 536 - "The Future of Art"Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:15:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/536TMcKennaFutureOfArt/536-TMcKennaFutureOfArt.mp3Terence McKenna, art, science fiction, time, consciousness, Greg Egan, artificial intelligence, Erik Davis, language, Bell's Theorem, digital art, Internet, complex systemsToday's podcast continues with a series of lectures given by Terence McKenna at the Esalen Institute in early August 1998. It begins with Terence discussing ways in which he sees art evolving. Eventually he transitions into a discussion about the growth of the Internet and the possibility of it becoming a super intelligent entity of some kind. Along the way he touches on science fiction, time, consciousness, Bell's Theorem, and complex systems.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/eQDCZIHTCn4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/eQDCZIHTCn4/536-TMcKennaFutureOfArt.mp3https://archive.org/download/536TMcKennaFutureOfArt/536-TMcKennaFutureOfArt.mp3https://archive.org/download/536TMcKennaFutureOfArt/536-TMcKennaFutureOfArt.mp3Salon2 - 002: "Microdosing"Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:15:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2002PsymposiaWaldman/Salon2-002PsymposiaWaldman.mp3Lex Pelger, Psymposia, Ayelet Waldman, LSD, microdosingToday brings us the first of the Salon2 podcasts, and it is hosted by Lex Pelger, who I have asked to tell you a little about what his psychedelic clan is up to. After Lex's introduction of the Psymposia Team, he will be interviewing Ayelet Waldman about her new book titled "A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/G5P6k4HYsdQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/G5P6k4HYsdQ/Salon2-002PsymposiaWaldman.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2002PsymposiaWaldman/Salon2-002PsymposiaWaldman.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2002PsymposiaWaldman/Salon2-002PsymposiaWaldman.mp3Podcast 535 - "Salvia Divinorum and Other PlantsTue, 21 Mar 2017 17:15:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/535TMcKennaSalviaAndMore_201703/535-TMcKennaSalviaAndMore.mp3Terence McKenna, Paul Stamets, Daniel Siebert, Salvia Divinorum, Ibogaine, magic mushrooms, psychedelic plants, Australia's psychoactive plants, DMT, Greek mystery religions, Datura, LSD, War on Drugs, languageToday's podcast features an August 6, 1998 talk about Salvia Divinorum given by Terence McKenna at the Esalen Institute. In addition to many interesting facts that Terence presents about Salvia, he tells how Daniel Siebert became the first person to identify the active ingredient of the plant, which eventually led to its widespread use today. Other topics he covers include Ibogaine, magic mushrooms, psychedelic plants, Australia's psychoactive plants, DMT, Greek mystery religions, Datura, LSD, War on Drugs, and language.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/lwJzg2vH4rc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/lwJzg2vH4rc/535-TMcKennaSalviaAndMore.mp3https://archive.org/download/535TMcKennaSalviaAndMore_201703/535-TMcKennaSalviaAndMore.mp3https://archive.org/download/535TMcKennaSalviaAndMore_201703/535-TMcKennaSalviaAndMore.mp3Salon2-001: "Frequently Asked Questions About Salon2Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:15:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/Salon2001FAQs/Salon2-001FAQs.mp3Lorenzo Hagerty, podcasts, Psychedelic Salon 2.0This is the first of the Psychedelic Salon 2.0 podcasts. It is a very short program that answers the following questions:
How did the idea of Salon 2.0 come about?
Where did the ideas for how Salon2 will work come from?
How much input and control will Lorenzo have in selecting the new programs?
How do you provide feedback as to format (lectures, interviews, conversations), etc.
Psymposia's Blue-Dot tour<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/o24ybAmH9sQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/o24ybAmH9sQ/Salon2-001FAQs.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2001FAQs/Salon2-001FAQs.mp3https://archive.org/download/Salon2001FAQs/Salon2-001FAQs.mp3534-Terence McKenna: "Drugs, Cultures, and the World Corporate State"Wed, 08 Mar 2017 15:15:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/534TMcKennaDrugsCulturesCorpState/534-TMcKennaDrugsCulturesCorpState.mp3Terence McKenna, psychedelics, nation state, consciousness, anarchy, war, capitalism, robots, virtual reality, nanotechnology, Y2KToday's podcast features the conclusion of the Introduction to his August 1998 Staff Lecture Series at the Esalen Institute. And while he talks about a wide range of topics, including psychedelics, robots, and virtual reality, what was most striking was when he spoke about the then-current state of world affairs and said, "So it's going to be technology, or catastrophe, or fascism. These are the choices, because, of course, because fascism, you know, can just order the liquidation of everybody under five feet, or everybody with brown eyes, or whatever. But the consequences of fascism are the complete distortion and subjugation of the human spirit. When we talk about survival of the human species we're not talking about at-any-cost or under any circumstances. If humanness does not survive with the human species then we're no more than another cannibal ape with a bigger club in the hand."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/FNezXy5-o4s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/FNezXy5-o4s/534-TMcKennaDrugsCulturesCorpState.mp3https://archive.org/download/534TMcKennaDrugsCulturesCorpState/534-TMcKennaDrugsCulturesCorpState.mp3https://archive.org/download/534TMcKennaDrugsCulturesCorpState/534-TMcKennaDrugsCulturesCorpState.mp3533-Terence McKenna: "The Social Virus of Political Correctness"Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:15:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/533TMcKennaPoliticalCorrectness/533-TMcKennaPoliticalCorrectness.mp3Terence McKenna, philosophy, political correctness, LSD, New Age, closure, belief, culture, reality, CIA, drug smugglingToday's podcast features Terence McKenna in the first of a series of in-house workshop sessions given to the staff at the Esalen Institute during the month of August 1998. Today's talk is the introduction to these sessions, and he begins by giving his opinion on what he terms the "social virus of political correctness". He also says that a portion of his audience is "flakier than I am comfortable with."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/khm1xUsgS0M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/khm1xUsgS0M/533-TMcKennaPoliticalCorrectness.mp3https://archive.org/download/533TMcKennaPoliticalCorrectness/533-TMcKennaPoliticalCorrectness.mp3https://archive.org/download/533TMcKennaPoliticalCorrectness/533-TMcKennaPoliticalCorrectness.mp3532-Various: "The Mind, Consciousness, and the Brain"Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:18:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/532VariousResonantFields/532-VariousResonantFields.mp3Rupert Sheldrake, Joseph Chlilton Pearce, morphic fields, idiot savant, brain, mind, consciousness, remote viewing, reality, ego, prayerToday's podcast features a conversation that was held on August 28, 1993 between Rupert Sheldrake, the originator of the Morphic Resonance theory, and Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of many books including The Crack in the Cosmic Egg and other works investigating the brain, the mind, and consciousness. As their discussion proceeds they explore the concept that, as observers, WE actually are creating reality. Their conclusion to this often explored area of quantum physics is that, no, WE don't create the physical world. Rather, we are largely the recipients of it and our job is to learn how to participate with it and go along with it.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/QkNalOdeo0I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/QkNalOdeo0I/532-VariousResonantFields.mp3https://archive.org/download/532VariousResonantFields/532-VariousResonantFields.mp3https://archive.org/download/532VariousResonantFields/532-VariousResonantFields.mp3531-Wilson: "The Prisim Lecture"Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:18:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/531RAWNoCertitude/531-RAWNoCertitude.mp3Robert Anton Wilson, quantum theory, certainty, mathematicsToday's podcast features a talk by Robert Anton Wilson that was given in Santa Cruz in February 1982. Interestingly, he begins by giving U.S. presidents, beginning with Lyndon Johnson, some amusing labels according to how he sees their influence on the American public. And his discussion of the "reality labyrinth's" we all inhabit is something that we all should give some time to think about.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/baRjjARUgaM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/baRjjARUgaM/531-RAWNoCertitude.mp3https://archive.org/download/531RAWNoCertitude/531-RAWNoCertitude.mp3https://archive.org/download/531RAWNoCertitude/531-RAWNoCertitude.mp3530-Lorenzo: "A Psychedelic Moment In History"Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:30:00 -0800https://archive.org/download/530LorenzoPsychedelicMoment/530-LorenzoPsychedelicMoment.mp3Lorenzo Hagerty, politics, 2016 election, future, festivals, U.S. historyIn today's podcast Lorenzo explains how he came to his decision to not vote in last year's presidential election. He begins by quoting part of a poem by William Butler Yeats, but he changed one word in the final two lines so they read: And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Washington to be born?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/wX72COhwBfY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/wX72COhwBfY/530-LorenzoPsychedelicMoment.mp3https://archive.org/download/530LorenzoPsychedelicMoment/530-LorenzoPsychedelicMoment.mp3https://archive.org/download/530LorenzoPsychedelicMoment/530-LorenzoPsychedelicMoment.mp3529-Gilmore: "Privacy and Free Speech in 2017"Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:12:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/529GilmorePalenqueNorte2016/529-GilmorePalenqueNorte2016.mp3John Gilmore, encryption, EFF, email, security, NSA, privacy, free speech, copyright, Net neutrality, IoT, spywareToday's podcast features the 2016 Palenque Norte Lecture delivered at the Burning Man Arts Festival by John Gilmore, Co-founder of EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In this talk John answers questions from the audience dealing with security and privacy rights and solutions in the current digital age. The topics cover email security, free speech, copyrights, Net neutrality, and the security of the Internet of Things (IoT).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/30Ju_lSYKss" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/30Ju_lSYKss/529-GilmorePalenqueNorte2016.mp3https://archive.org/download/529GilmorePalenqueNorte2016/529-GilmorePalenqueNorte2016.mp3https://archive.org/download/529GilmorePalenqueNorte2016/529-GilmorePalenqueNorte2016.mp3528-TMcKenna: "History Ends In Green" – Part 5Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:17:15 -0800https://archive.org/download/528TMcKennaGreenHistory05/528-TMcKennaGreenHistory-05.mp3Terence McKenna, shamanism, magic mushrooms, psychedelics, sound, healing, psilocybin, Amazon, language, fascism, culture, egoToday's podcast features the final tape in the September 1990 Terence McKenna workshop titled “History Ends In Green”. A few of my favorite quotes from this talk include: “The payoff [of psychedelic experiences] is being able to design our way toward a more humane culture.” AND “And I think that's how we have to act. We have to each choose a small area and then act in that limited area with all the existential commitments we can muster. But not with anxiety.” AND “Politics without responsibility IS fascism.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/uTd1v3IUl_Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/uTd1v3IUl_Y/528-TMcKennaGreenHistory-05.mp3https://archive.org/download/528TMcKennaGreenHistory05/528-TMcKennaGreenHistory-05.mp3https://archive.org/download/528TMcKennaGreenHistory05/528-TMcKennaGreenHistory-05.mp3527-TMcKenna: "History Ends In Green" – Part 4Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:40:55 -0800https://archive.org/download/527TMcKennaGreenHistory4/527-TMcKennaGreenHistory-4.mp3Terence McKenna, death, reincarnation, psychedelics, shamanism, future, culture, language, DMT, ketamine, ayahuasca, Catal Huyuk, magic mushrooms, archaic revivalIn today's podcast, part 4 of a series, Terence McKenna goes into more depth about the state of one's mind when under the influence of smoked NN-DMT and how even then one's core observer remains intact. In another segment he riffs on the possibility that the elves and other visions he encountered on psychedelic journeys might actually be projections from his own psyche. Some interesting quotes from this talk include: “It's really true that the world at any moment could come completely and utterly apart. Have you seen that happen?” . . . “The whole impetus for my career is to convince myself that somebody else has seen the same thing, and that they can't believe it either.” . . . “The one thing they tell you it isn't, it is! It is! It is made of magic, anything can happen.” . . . “There's nothing holding any of us back from becoming unrecognizable, not only to our friends and loved ones, but to ourselves.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/UxHI8XNyG94" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/UxHI8XNyG94/527-TMcKennaGreenHistory-4.mp3https://archive.org/download/527TMcKennaGreenHistory4/527-TMcKennaGreenHistory-4.mp3https://archive.org/download/527TMcKennaGreenHistory4/527-TMcKennaGreenHistory-4.mp3526-TMcKenna: "History Ends In Green" – Part 3Mon, 5 Dec 2016 14:40:55 -0800https://archive.org/download/526TMcKennaGreenHistory3/526-TMcKennaGreenHistory-3.mp3Terence McKenna, revolution, history, psychedelics, LSD, The Sixties, language, DMT, machine elves, deathIn today's talk from a September 1990 workshop, Terence McKenna explains that when speaking about the DMT state he says that what he calls self-dribbling basketballs “are like crystalline, jeweled, semi-see-through, opaque, movemented things, which look like sculptures, but you can tell while you're looking at them they're actually sentences. And the sentences are saying themselves in some weird way.” That should give you something to think about the next time you come out of a DMT reverie. He also goes on a little riff about why drugs have specific “identities” in the way they present themselves, as well as giving some advice about how best to choose your drugs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/oTo7GzmXkqM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/oTo7GzmXkqM/526-TMcKennaGreenHistory-3.mp3https://archive.org/download/526TMcKennaGreenHistory3/526-TMcKennaGreenHistory-3.mp3https://archive.org/download/526TMcKennaGreenHistory3/526-TMcKennaGreenHistory-3.mp3525-TMcKenna: "History Ends In Green" – Part 2Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:25:43 -0800https://archive.org/download/525TMcKennaGreenHistory2/525-TMcKennaGreenHistory-2.mp3Terence McKenna, psilocybin, evolution, culture, psychedelic experience, DMT, cultureToday we pick up with the second installment of a September 1990 Terence McKenna workshop. In one of his recurring themes, when he was describing the DMT feature that he calls 'language elves', he goes on to say that, “what they may be is nothing more than self-reflective, compound, complex sentences. It's hard to tell what they are, because we're not used to having our sentences stand and embrace us.” My favorite quotes include, “There really is no ideology associated with psychedelics. If you look at the people who've been involved with it they've said completely different and contradictory things.” AND something that it may be wise to consider these days, “Everything not within your reach is basically unconfirmed rumor.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/OzrDVY_kkKk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/OzrDVY_kkKk/525-TMcKennaGreenHistory-2.mp3https://archive.org/download/525TMcKennaGreenHistory2/525-TMcKennaGreenHistory-2.mp3https://archive.org/download/525TMcKennaGreenHistory2/525-TMcKennaGreenHistory-2.mp3524-TMcKenna: "History Ends In Green" – Part 1Mon, 7 Nov 2016 17:12:33 -0800https://archive.org/download/524TMcKennaGreenHistory01/524-TMcKennaGreenHistory01.mp3Terence McKenna, ego, psychedelics, culture, evolution, psychedelic personality, butterfly collecting, religion, Gaia, languageToday brings the first of a six-part series of recordings made at a Terence McKenna workshop in September of 1990. He titled it “History Ends In Green”. A few interesting quotes from this program include: “I cannot conceive of mature human beings going from the cradle to the grave without ever finding out about [the psychedelic experience]. It's like not finding out about sex or something. It's just too weird. It's a part of our birthright. It's not a cultural artifact. . . . This is, as far as I can tell, the dimension in which we most fully experience ourselves as ourselves.” AND “We have to be very careful about the corrosive effects of culture.” AND apropos of the current situation in the 2016 U.S. elections, “Human culture has become, charitably, a random walk, uncharitably a kind of cancerous, exponential cascade of unstoppable effects.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/rL3knmgOT-M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/rL3knmgOT-M/524-TMcKennaGreenHistory01.mp3https://archive.org/download/524TMcKennaGreenHistory01/524-TMcKennaGreenHistory01.mp3https://archive.org/download/524TMcKennaGreenHistory01/524-TMcKennaGreenHistory01.mp3523-Norquist: "Coalitions for Freedom"Tue, 1 Nov 2016 12:05:34 -0700https://archive.org/download/523NorquistFreedomCoalitions/523-NorquistFreedomCoalitions.mp3Grover Norquist, Burning Man, Palenque Norte, Right to Try Movement, earmarks,Today we feature the 2016 Palenque Norte Lecture by Grover Norquist. This is the third year in which he has attended the Burning Man Festival, and one of the things that he talks about is how the festival has made an impact on him over the years. His main focus, however, is in finding ways that people with diverse political views can come together. As he says, “All the groups that want to be left alone have something to teach each other.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/IHZ3J-qBjwE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/IHZ3J-qBjwE/523-NorquistFreedomCoalitions.mp3https://archive.org/download/523NorquistFreedomCoalitions/523-NorquistFreedomCoalitions.mp3https://archive.org/download/523NorquistFreedomCoalitions/523-NorquistFreedomCoalitions.mp3522-Doctorow: "Surveillance Capitalism and the IoT"Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:42:30 -0700https://archive.org/download/522DoctorowSurveillanceCapitalism/522-DoctorowSurveillanceCapitalism.mp3Corey Doctorow, Internet of Things, IoT, infrastructure, surveillance, privacy, Creative Commons, Open Source, AnonymousToday's podcast features writer and EFF advisor Cory Doctorow who points out the dangers involved with the Internet of Things (IoT) and the serious problems with enforcing copyrights through invasive technology. As he says, “The real struggle here, it's not making computers free, it's making people free. The reason we want to save computers is not because computers are more important than racial justice, or gender equity, or getting rid of homophobia and transphobia, or the climate. The reason we want to make computers free and open is because we cannot win those fights without a few and open information infrastructure.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/l6IiJQQqmGI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/l6IiJQQqmGI/522-DoctorowSurveillanceCapitalism.mp3https://archive.org/download/522DoctorowSurveillanceCapitalism/522-DoctorowSurveillanceCapitalism.mp3https://archive.org/download/522DoctorowSurveillanceCapitalism/522-DoctorowSurveillanceCapitalism.mp3521-Various: "Risk Reduction – How You Can Help"Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:54:44 -0700https://archive.org/download/521RiskReduction/521-RiskReduction.mp3Annie Oak, psychedelics, risks, opiods, overdoses, death, Shannon Clare Petitt, Zendo Project, MAPS, Rick Doblin, MDMAIn this 2016 Palenque Norte Lecture, Annie Oak, founder of the Women's Visionary Congress, teaches how to use Naloxone to help a person who has had an opioid overdose. She is followed by Shannon Clare Petitt who tells us about some of the work being done by MAPS' Zendo Project. Finally, we get to hear Rick Doblin, the founder of MAPS, talk about how he first learned about MDMA and what his first experience with that substance was like.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SJbEJJNWJBw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SJbEJJNWJBw/521-RiskReduction.mp3https://archive.org/download/521RiskReduction/521-RiskReduction.mp3https://archive.org/download/521RiskReduction/521-RiskReduction.mp3520-TMcKenna: "Our Cyberspiritual Future" – Part 6Thu, 6 Oct 2016 11:40:33 -0700https://archive.org/download/520TMcKennaCyberSpirit06/520-TMcKennaCyberSpirit06.mp3Terence McKenna, Richard Evans Schultes, R. Gordon Wasson, psychedelics, entheobotany, Aldoux Huxley, Timothy Leary, nanotechnology, eschaton, 2012, Timewave, virtual aliens, AI, augmented reality, death, afterlife, free will, agingIn this final session of an August 1997 workshop, Terence McKenna begins by talking about some of the psychedelic elders who have influenced his own work. In discussing his concept of the eschaton he states that “the planet will be empty of anything appearing to be human life.” And then he says, “We're going elsewhere.” This is one of the most clear statements he made about his belief in what will take place in 2012. He also says: “I cannot conceive of post eschatonic life. I think of it, just to make things simple for myself, as death, because that's the other thing in my life that I have no grip on whatsoever.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/wbXrGkbdN1w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/wbXrGkbdN1w/520-TMcKennaCyberSpirit06.mp3https://archive.org/download/520TMcKennaCyberSpirit06/520-TMcKennaCyberSpirit06.mp3https://archive.org/download/520TMcKennaCyberSpirit06/520-TMcKennaCyberSpirit06.mp3519-TMcKenna: "Our Cyberspiritual Future" Part 5 - TimeWaveThu, 29 Sep 2016 12:00:49 -0700https://archive.org/download/519TMcKennaCyberSpirit05/519-TMcKennaCyberSpirit05.mp3Terence McKenna, TimeWave, future, time, eschatonToday we get to hear Terence McKenna's lecture about his TimeWave hypothesis (it never became a true theory). This 1997 talk was given less than three years before Terence's death and thus represents some of his latest thinking about this topic. He defines the TimeWave as a mathematical model of how the world works, as based upon the I Ching. Also, he clearly states that where the end point is set determines all of the other data points fall. However, in true Terence McKenna fashion he points out that even if he was 0.001% off, that gave him a range of 60,000 years in which his prediction would still be valid. He then goes on to discuss his correction to the Watkins objection that was discussed in podcast 472. And an interesting quote: “I won't defend [the TimeWave] though. I've decided to get a life after 2012 no matter what happens.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/JwZpXEunJfI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/JwZpXEunJfI/519-TMcKennaCyberSpirit05.mp3https://archive.org/download/519TMcKennaCyberSpirit05/519-TMcKennaCyberSpirit05.mp3https://archive.org/download/519TMcKennaCyberSpirit05/519-TMcKennaCyberSpirit05.mp3518-TMcKenna: "Our Cyberspiritual Future" - Part 4Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:16:11 -0700https://archive.org/download/518TMcKennaCyberSpiritual04/518-TMcKennaCyberSpiritual04.mp3Terence McKenna, psychedelics, physical setting, DMT, glossolalia, language, ayahuasca, icaros, telepathyIn this, the fourth installment of an August 1997 Terence McKenna workshop the discussion ranges from the importance of a good physical setting when using psychedelics, DMT, language, ayahuasca, and telepathy. A few interesting quotes from this talk include: “I don't see an intellect outside of space and time guiding things, and certainly not watching with baited breath the machinations of the human monkeys. I mean, nobody has time for that kind of thing.” AND “The universe is a self-creating mystery of some sort.” AND “Maybe reality is a far more perishable concept than we ever dared or feared to suppose.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/3pZr5JlmE98" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/3pZr5JlmE98/518-TMcKennaCyberSpiritual04.mp3https://archive.org/download/518TMcKennaCyberSpiritual04/518-TMcKennaCyberSpiritual04.mp3https://archive.org/download/518TMcKennaCyberSpiritual04/518-TMcKennaCyberSpiritual04.mp3517-TMcKenna: "Our Cyberspiritual Future" Part 3Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:31:16 -0700https://archive.org/download/517TMcKennaCyberspiritual03/517-TMcKennaCyberspiritual03.mp3Terence McKenna, psychedelics, culture, advertising, alien information, virtual reality, bots, DMT, books, Salvia divinorumWe pick up today with the third installment of the August 1997 Terence McKenna workshop. One of his more interesting revelations has to do with his high school Christmas vacation trip to Berkeley where he experienced cannabis for the first time and discovered that on pot he could perform feats of oratory to wow his listeners, and for which we are all grateful. He also tells the famous story of the 55 gallon drum of DMT that mysteriously disappeared from a U.S. Army truck, which was the source of his first DMT experience and which he talks about in detail. Later in his talk, Terence gives one of his most rhapsodic paeans to DMT that I've yet heard. He also gives a good explanation of why one should beware of the dreaded underdose. Interesting quotes from this talk include: “The only path in to the supernormal that I've found are the psychedelics. Everywhere else I found chicanery and fraud.” AND “What the alien needs to manifest among us is a suitable landing zone.” AND “In a sense, the Internet is a net to catch an alien.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/cOBZbpz7C-8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/cOBZbpz7C-8/517-TMcKennaCyberspiritual03.mp3https://archive.org/download/517TMcKennaCyberspiritual03/517-TMcKennaCyberspiritual03.mp3https://archive.org/download/517TMcKennaCyberspiritual03/517-TMcKennaCyberspiritual03.mp3516-TMcKenna: "Our Cyberspiritual Future" Part 2Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:13:46 -0700https://archive.org/download/516TMcKennaCyberspiritual02/516-TMcKennaCyberspiritual02.mp3Terence McKenna, books, Thomas Pynchon, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, cloning, religion, Buddhism, Esalen, jackalope, delusional thinking, UFOs, La Chorrera experimentToday we pick up with the second session of an August 1997 Terence McKenna workshop. One of the stories told here by Terence that I haven't heard before is about his encounter with a Jackalope in the garden at Esalen. His speculation as to what may have actually happened is also amusing. He also speculates about the possibility of the existence of some unknown power on the planet that can manipulate your mind, and that calling it the unconscious might make you feel more comfortable with it than you should. Two of my favorite quotes from today's podcast are: “The real news is no one is in control, not the central bank, not the Jews, not the communist party, not the pope. Nobody's in control.” AND “If you want to talk to the Dali Lama close the door of your bedroom and have a dialogue with the mirror. You're as good as the Dali Lama for crying out loud. Who could suppose otherwise?”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/eaMYezBKZdI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/eaMYezBKZdI/516-TMcKennaCyberspiritual02.mp3https://archive.org/download/516TMcKennaCyberspiritual02/516-TMcKennaCyberspiritual02.mp3https://archive.org/download/516TMcKennaCyberspiritual02/516-TMcKennaCyberspiritual02.mp3515-TMcKenna: "Our Cyberspiritual Future" Part 1Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:31:22 -0700https://archive.org/download/515TMcKennaCyberspiratual01/515-TMcKennaCyberspiratual01.mp3Terence McKenna, hunting, psychedelics, Marshall McLuhan, print, television, consciousness, artificial intelligenceIn this first of a multi-part series, Terence McKenna begins by telling of his first hunting experience, which taught him how uncomfortable a culture can become. This workshop was held in early August 1997 with a group of about 25 people. In this introductory session he also spoke about Marshall McLuhan's idea that nation states and democracies could only exist within a print culture. In speaking about psychedelic medicines he said, “What psychedelics are about is deconditioning all of these culturally induced, sensory biases and idealogical biases, basically it reshuffles the intellectual and sensory deck. And it's a wonderful, salutary thing to come along for Western culture at this moment because we're basically running out of intellectual steam. Technology is moving ahead lickety split without looking over its shoulder, but our social systems, our religious ontologies, our theories of polity, city planning, community, resource sharing, all of this is 19th Century at best. And so, really whether we live or perish as a species probably has to do with how much consciousness we can raise from any source available.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6N_Z0JMDqiE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6N_Z0JMDqiE/515-TMcKennaCyberspiratual01.mp3https://archive.org/download/515TMcKennaCyberspiratual01/515-TMcKennaCyberspiratual01.mp3https://archive.org/download/515TMcKennaCyberspiratual01/515-TMcKennaCyberspiratual01.mp3514-TMcKenna: "Anarchy Is The Ideal"Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:07:57 -0700https://archive.org/download/514TMcKennaIdealAnarchy/514-TMcKennaIdealAnarchy.mp3Terence McKenna, virtual reality, future, Timewave, UFOs, aliensToday we finally reach the end of the December 1989 workshop led by Terence McKenna. One of his more surprising personal revelations was that at one point in his life he wanted simply to teach French poetry at a girls' school. He also talks about what he thinks will happen in 2012 and what he would have done had he lived that long. One of my favorite quotes from this talk is: “Democracy is this innate belief in people. It's a psychedelic way of doing it. It's the closest we can get to anarchy. Anarchy to my mind is, of course, the ideal. But anarchy has to be mediated with policy, and the way you do that is through democracy.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/iUqNwDKMnFA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/iUqNwDKMnFA/514-TMcKennaIdealAnarchy.mp3https://archive.org/download/514TMcKennaIdealAnarchy/514-TMcKennaIdealAnarchy.mp3https://archive.org/download/514TMcKennaIdealAnarchy/514-TMcKennaIdealAnarchy.mp3513-TMcKenna: "An Ocean of Ideas"Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:27:29 -0700https://archive.org/download/513TMcKennaOceanOfIdeas/513-TMcKennaOceanOfIdeas.mp3Terence McKenna, ayahuasca, psychedelics, brain/mind, Timewave, virtual reality, future, imagination, war on drugs, religious fundamentalismWe get quite a wide range of the ideas of Terence McKenna in today's podcast. He talks about how to change the mind of a skeptic in just 15 minutes, gives a detailed description of the psychedelic experience, and speculates that gnomes are future humans who live underground. Also, for the first time that I've heard him say it, Terence tells us what the claim was was that first got him “hot-footing down there to see what was going on [in the Amazon.]” One of his more interesting quotes from this talk is: “The really important thing that can be done with psychedelics, in a generalized sense, is that they are inspiration for ideas. And when you sail out into the psychedelic dimension you are sailing out onto an ocean of ideas.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/v0Ad6LczMHI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/v0Ad6LczMHI/513-TMcKennaOceanOfIdeas.mp3https://archive.org/download/513TMcKennaOceanOfIdeas/513-TMcKennaOceanOfIdeas.mp3https://archive.org/download/513TMcKennaOceanOfIdeas/513-TMcKennaOceanOfIdeas.mp3512-Various: "California Prop 64 is a TRAP"Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:47:46 -0700https://archive.org/download/512Prop64IsATrap/512-Prop64IsATrap.mp3Ellen Brown, Letitia Pepper, medical marijuana, cannabis, Prop 64, legalizationToday's podcast features insights from Ellen Brown and Latitia Pepper in regards to California's upcoming ballot measure Proposition 64. As you will hear, this measure will eliminate the current medical marijuana laws in the state. And while anyone over the age of 21 will be allowed to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, the days of medical patients going to a local dispensary will be over. Also, medical patients will need to obtain a new recommendation by January 1, 2018, and that can ONLY come from your personal physician . . . PLUS you will need to purchase a $100 permit to be a medical patient, but you will have no rights that anyone over 21 also has. This is a terrible proposition that basically puts Monsanto in charge of the marijuana business in California. Vote NO on Prop 64.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ht7V1qHcuNk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ht7V1qHcuNk/512-Prop64IsATrap.mp3https://archive.org/download/512Prop64IsATrap/512-Prop64IsATrap.mp3https://archive.org/download/512Prop64IsATrap/512-Prop64IsATrap.mp3511-Davis: "Psychedelic Book of the Dead"Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:13:46 -0700https://archive.org/download/511DavisBookOfDead/511-DavisBookOfDead.mp3Erik Davis, psychedelics, Book of the Dead, religion, The Psychedelic ExperienceToday's podcast features a talk that was given by Erik Davis in which he unravels the history of both the Tibetan Book of the Dead and its psychedelic sister, the Psychedelic Experience, that was written by Leary, Alpert, and Metzner during their infamous Harvard years. Erik Davis, who holds a Ph.D. from Rice University's Gnosticism, Esotericism and Mysticism program, is a well known author and lecturer who has written books such as Techgnosis and Led Zeppelin IV.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Zf5qG5lci1I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Zf5qG5lci1I/511-DavisBookOfDead.mp3https://archive.org/download/511DavisBookOfDead/511-DavisBookOfDead.mp3https://archive.org/download/511DavisBookOfDead/511-DavisBookOfDead.mp3510-Nutt: "Do Psychedelics Matter?"Wed, 6 Jul 2016 15:13:55 -0700https://archive.org/download/510NuttDoPsychedelicsMatter/510-NuttDoPsychedelicsMatter.mp3David Nutt, psychedelics, War on Drugs, drug legalization, GlastonburyToday's podcast features the 2016 talk that Professor David Nutt gave at the annual Glastonbury Festival. His topic was “Do psychedelics matter?”.
Although demonised, and attracting severe criminal penalties for users during the half century of the “war on drugs”, psychedelics are now undergoing a renaissance – both in terms of scientific research and in people’s personal and spiritual worlds. It is once again a time of oriented explorations of the mystery of consciousness. As we all know, when it comes to the war on drugs, “the emperor has no clothes”, and there is no one in a better position to say this than a man who once was the UK's “Drugs Czar” but who lost his position when he began speaking the truth about drugs and refused to continue supporting the establishment's party line.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/u-J718_hGOw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/u-J718_hGOw/510-NuttDoPsychedelicsMatter.mp3https://archive.org/download/510NuttDoPsychedelicsMatter/510-NuttDoPsychedelicsMatter.mp3https://archive.org/download/510NuttDoPsychedelicsMatter/510-NuttDoPsychedelicsMatter.mp3509-Ott: "The Pharmacratic Inquisition"Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:41:54 -0700https://archive.org/download/509OttPharmacraticInquisition/509-OttPharmacraticInquisition.mp3Jonathan Ott, shamanism, ancient history, psychedelics, sacred plants, Iboga, Peter Kingsley, Parmenides, War on DrugsIn today's podcast Jonathan Ott unfolds a parade of history setting out the use and prohibition of psychedelic medicines throughout the course of human history. Although this talk was originally given at a 1996 entheobotany conference, it remains as current as if it were given yesterday. After Jonathan describes human uses of psychoactive plants stretching back into prehistory, he goes on to explain how what he calls “the overdeveloped world” has used religious morality to impose a pharmacratic inquisition that has essentially caused “the spiritual bankruptcy of our Western Civilization.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/tylzmFxoY90" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/tylzmFxoY90/509-OttPharmacraticInquisition.mp3https://archive.org/download/509OttPharmacraticInquisition/509-OttPharmacraticInquisition.mp3https://archive.org/download/509OttPharmacraticInquisition/509-OttPharmacraticInquisition.mp3508-Garfield: "Techno-Shamanism"Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:11:04 -0700https://archive.org/download/508GarfieldTechnoshaminism/508-GarfieldTechnoshaminism.mp3Michael Garfield, Moogfest, transhumanism, technology, shamanism, festivals, electronic music, psychedelicsToday's program features Michael Garfield who went to school for paleontology and then psychology before leaving academia to embark on a decade-long "trans-disciplinary" independent study of the intersections between art, science, and philosophy. As an experimental acoustic-electronic guitarist-singer-songwriter, as a scientific illustrator turned performance painter, and as a writer and speaker, Michael's work is an attempt to help articulate a vision for the best possible future for us – one that doesn't suffer the insane delusions of our separation from nature, technology, and each other.
According to Cap Blackard, writing for “Consequence of Sound” this talk by Micheal rates in the top 25 of the 333 performances at this year's version of the Future Music/Future Thought Festival. He goes on to say: "Easily the most mind-opening presentation Moogfest 2016 had to offer – a multidisciplinary monologue that rivaled Brian Eno’s Moogfest 2011 keynote for all the unexpected twists and turns it took. This one-man show saw artist-musician Michael Garfield take a captive audience on a vision-quest through the lands where metaphysics and emerging technology meet. Make no mistake – it was a ramble, but an insightful and fascinating one from start to finish that traveled from the ancient dragon god Tiamat to the Victorians laying the transatlantic telegraph cable to the Manhattan Project giving birth to a new age of fear and awareness. The “psychedelic century”? That’s the here and now that’s just beginning, and the more our technology graduates us to the alchemical act of creation, the closer humanity comes to confronting “the cosmic mystery that we are.” Heavy and heady stuff, and a pleasant counterpoint to the doom and gloom of the average transhumanist cybergrumps whose future-thinking seems improbably grounded in the limited perceptions of the present."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ulS-YuUkmKo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ulS-YuUkmKo/508-GarfieldTechnoshaminism.mp3https://archive.org/download/508GarfieldTechnoshaminism/508-GarfieldTechnoshaminism.mp3https://archive.org/download/508GarfieldTechnoshaminism/508-GarfieldTechnoshaminism.mp3507-Home: "Certified Natural Cannabis"Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:25:32 -0700https://archive.org/download/507ShonaghCertifiedCannabis/507-ShonaghCertifiedCannabis.mp3Shonagh Home, cannabis, marijuana cultivation, organic gardeningToday's podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and a cannabis grower in the State of Washington, where both medical and recreational cannabis are now legal. Among other things, we learn how cannabis can be grown without the use of any chemicals to keep the pests away, thus providing their customers with truly healthy medicine. We also learn about an organization named Certified Natural Cannabis, which is uniting farms that use clean cultivation techniques and that meet or exceed national organic standards. Their mission is to keep cannabis nontoxic and to represent producers and products that use no synthetic chemicals.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/r5A7hEMHOH4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/r5A7hEMHOH4/507-ShonaghCertifiedCannabis.mp3https://archive.org/download/507ShonaghCertifiedCannabis/507-ShonaghCertifiedCannabis.mp3https://archive.org/download/507ShonaghCertifiedCannabis/507-ShonaghCertifiedCannabis.mp3506-Shulgin: "One Of Us"Mon, 6 Jun 2016 14:41:46 -0700https://archive.org/download/506ShulginDirtyPictures/506-ShulginDirtyPictures.mp3Sasha Shulgin, psychedelics, science, chemistry, researchToday's podcast features a talk given by Sasha Shulgin in 1996. In many ways this is a perfect Shulgin talk for a podcast because he didn't use any photos or the chalkboard to assist in his presentation. This talk is also one of Sasha's best presentations as for not just the chemistry but also for some of the personal stories he tells. Also, he clarifies the Urban Legend about LSD occurring in nature. Regarding his thoughts about psychedelics he says: “I suddenly realized the fatuousness of people saying that 'mescaline taught me this', and I think the same, in a funny way, applies to plants, that 'the plants taught me this.' What it is, you use the plant, you use the compound as a facilitator, as a catalyst, to see within yourself what's there. And I think this is the heart of psychedelic drugs.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EaQO6NExGWc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EaQO6NExGWc/506-ShulginDirtyPictures.mp3https://archive.org/download/506ShulginDirtyPictures/506-ShulginDirtyPictures.mp3https://archive.org/download/506ShulginDirtyPictures/506-ShulginDirtyPictures.mp3505-TMcKenna: "Ayahuasca Stories From 1989"Mon, 30 May 2016 13:52:58 -0700https://archive.org/download/505TMcKenna1989AyahuascaStories/505-TMcKenna1989AyahuascaStories.mp3Terence McKenna, language, DMT, virtual reality, shamanism, ayahuascaToday we pick up on the third section of a Terence McKenna workshop that was held in December of 1989. An interesting feature of this session is a report that Terence asked one of his friends to give about the state of ayahuasca use in Amazonian Peru. As one of the earliest accounts of what a Westerner will encounter when searching for an ayahuasca experience, we get to hear what it was like in the jungle before the plague of ayahuasca tourism took hold. One of the interesting ways in which he describes an ayahuasca vision is this it is a manifestation of one's own intuition. We also get to hear Terence describe what he calls “tingling-lip ayahuasca”.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/WHcI5WJDiA4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/WHcI5WJDiA4/505-TMcKenna1989AyahuascaStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/505TMcKenna1989AyahuascaStories/505-TMcKenna1989AyahuascaStories.mp3https://archive.org/download/505TMcKenna1989AyahuascaStories/505-TMcKenna1989AyahuascaStories.mp3504-TMcKenna: "We Are Descendent's of Stoned Apes"Mon, 23 May 2016 14:08:03 -0700https://archive.org/download/504TMcKennaVRStonedApes/504-TMcKennaVRStonedApes.mp3Terence McKenna, glossolalia, psilocybin, magic mushrooms, Natufians, LSD, archaic revival, slavery, virtual realityToday's podcast features the next installment of a December 1989 Terence McKenna workshop and picks up where podcast 502 left off. A few typical quotes from this talk include: “The Eleusian Mysteries are Cretan Mysteries that have been transplanted to Greece, and that's really where the psychedelic religion died.” and “The major political task for people like ourselves is to be more stoned, is to find out more about the dimensions of the psychedelic experience.” and “Computers are becoming more like drugs. Drugs are becoming more like computers. The computers of the future will be taken orally, and the drugs of the future will probably be jacked into.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9du5Xv7iJBA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9du5Xv7iJBA/504-TMcKennaVRStonedApes.mp3https://archive.org/download/504TMcKennaVRStonedApes/504-TMcKennaVRStonedApes.mp3https://archive.org/download/504TMcKennaVRStonedApes/504-TMcKennaVRStonedApes.mp3503-Goodall: "Behind the Scenes at Burning Man"Mon, 16 May 2016 14:31:27 -0700https://archive.org/download/503GoodallBehindBurningMan/503-GoodallBehindBurningMan.mp3Marian Goodall, Burning Man, festivals, event organization, Palenque NorteToday's podcast features a Palenque Norte Lecture given at the 2015 Burning Man Festival by Marian Goodall who is Burning Man's Chief Engagement Officer (CEO). This was actually a focused Q&A session during which many of the community's most pressing issues were discussed. Even if you aren't interesting in attending Burning Man yourself, this discussion may hold some important answers if you are considering becoming involved in producing large events yourself.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/BVvup9fqIog" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/BVvup9fqIog/503-GoodallBehindBurningMan.mp3https://archive.org/download/503GoodallBehindBurningMan/503-GoodallBehindBurningMan.mp3https://archive.org/download/503GoodallBehindBurningMan/503-GoodallBehindBurningMan.mp3502-TMcKenna: "Suspended Between Eternities"Tue, 10 May 2016 12:55:48 -0700https://archive.org/download/502TMcKennaBetweenEternities/502-TMcKennaBetweenEternities.mp3Terence McKenna, archaic revival, DMT, psychedelicsToday's podcast features the first part of a December 1989 Terence McKenna workshop in which, among other things, he explains how his rap differs from what is though of a New Age thinking. And his answer to how we humans brought the world to the point of disarray that we now find ourselves in is truly classic McKenna. Some classic quotes from today's talk include: “Hedonists are people who don't take hallucinogens, to my mind, because it largely is very hard work. I mean it isn't always hard work, but as a life, as a path, it's extremely hard work.” AND “There is no rational way to save the world. Our only hope is a miracle. And the only place a miracle is going to come, so far as I can tell, is from psychedelics. That's the only miracle in town.” AND FINALLY “I really think that the major political obligation upon all of us is to get more stoned. Take larger hits.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/peKJ2LYuwOY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/peKJ2LYuwOY/502-TMcKennaBetweenEternities.mp3https://archive.org/download/502TMcKennaBetweenEternities/502-TMcKennaBetweenEternities.mp3https://archive.org/download/502TMcKennaBetweenEternities/502-TMcKennaBetweenEternities.mp3501-Devenot: "#PsychedelicsBecauseMon, 2 May 2016 16:11:01 -0700https://archive.org/download/501DevenotPsychedelicsBecause/501-DevenotPsychedelicsBecause.mp3Nese Devenot, psychedelics, literature, research, students, Psychedemia, PsymposiaToday's podcast features three short talks by Neşe Devenot who is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities at the University of Puget Sound, where she teaches classes on psychedelics and literature. Nese received her PhD in 2015 in comparative literature at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on the study of psychedelic philosophy and the literary history of chemical self-experimentation (what you and I call “trip reports”). She is a founder of the Psychedemia interdisciplinary psychedelics conference and is the former editor of “This Week in Psychedelics” (a Reality Sandwich column that reported on psychedelic news in the media between 2011 and 2013). And Nese is a founding member of the MAPS Graduate Student Association . . . and as you will hear in the second short talk that I play, Nese has also earned her wings as a psychonaut as well.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/HbfyfCMhjFc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/HbfyfCMhjFc/501-DevenotPsychedelicsBecause.mp3https://archive.org/download/501DevenotPsychedelicsBecause/501-DevenotPsychedelicsBecause.mp3https://archive.org/download/501DevenotPsychedelicsBecause/501-DevenotPsychedelicsBecause.mp3500- Various Elders: "500 Memories"Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:52:49 -0700https://archive.org/download/500VariousElders/500-VariousElders.mp3Lorenzo Hagerty, Timothy Leary, Myron Stolaroff, Gary Fisher, Fraser Clark, Terence McKenna, Sasha Shulgin, psychedelics, psychedelic research, psychedelic history, Al Hubbard, LSDToday's podcast features a retrospective of some of the highlights of podcasts with several of the elders who are no longer with us. These clips include talks by Timothy Leary, Myron Stolaroff, Gary Fisher, Fraser Clark, Terence McKenna, and Sasha Shulgin. Interspersed with these clips Lorenzo tells a few stories of his own.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/xqurebMe8us" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/xqurebMe8us/500-VariousElders.mp3https://archive.org/download/500VariousElders/500-VariousElders.mp3https://archive.org/download/500VariousElders/500-VariousElders.mp3499-Goldsmith: "PSYCHEology: Psychedelics and the Study of the Soul"Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:51:29 -0700https://archive.org/download/499GoldsmithPSYCHEology/499-GoldsmithPSYCHEology.mp3Neal Goldsmith, PSYCHEology, psychedelics, meditation, psychotherapy, personal growthToday's podcast features a talk by Dr. Neal Goldsmith who explains his concept of PSYCHEology, which involves psychedelic medicines, personal growth, and meditation among other concepts. Two interesting quotes from this talk are: “Parenting is like that. You don't want to be directing your child. You want to be more like a forest ranger than a farmer, making sure that if lightening strikes and there's fires you go put it out. But other than than you let the bramble grow, beautifully, and wholly, and healthfully.” AND “If you have a psychedelic experience, then your meditation practice is illuminated, and understood better, and aerated, if you will, conceptually aerated. You see it more clearly. It's not as musty, and the two go together, because mediation without psychedelics is kind of blind, but psychedelics without meditation is rootless.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/7E03BnoawRU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/7E03BnoawRU/499-GoldsmithPSYCHEology.mp3https://archive.org/download/499GoldsmithPSYCHEology/499-GoldsmithPSYCHEology.mp3https://archive.org/download/499GoldsmithPSYCHEology/499-GoldsmithPSYCHEology.mp3498-Various: "Where The Wild Things Grow"Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:53:32 -0700https://archive.org/download/498EhrlichWildThingsGrow/498-EhrlichWildThingsGrow.mp3Nathan Erhlich, San Pedro, shamanism, ayahuasca, DMT, Terence McKenna, cancer, healing, medicineToday the first feature is a story by Nathan Ehrlich which first appeared on the Israel Story Podcast this past January. This is a story of healing, both physically and psychologically by two men from different countries who discovered the healing properties of psychedelic medicines. We then close with a short rap by Terence McKenna who explains what he believes to be the best method for smoking NN-DMT.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/R9zViehFSng" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/R9zViehFSng/498-EhrlichWildThingsGrow.mp3https://archive.org/download/498EhrlichWildThingsGrow/498-EhrlichWildThingsGrow.mp3https://archive.org/download/498EhrlichWildThingsGrow/498-EhrlichWildThingsGrow.mp3497-Kastrup: "The Dream We Call Reality"Mon, 4 Apr 2016 13:50:29 -0700https://archive.org/download/497KastrupDreamingReality/497-KastrupDreamingReality.mp3Bernardo Kastrup, psychedelics, artificial intelligence, computer science, brain chemistry, reality, transcendenceToday's podcast features a lengthy reading by Bernardo Kastrup from his new book, More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief. This reading comes from Part 3 of the book, which is a fictional account of a young scientist who participated in a research program that is investigating the nature of reality through the use of psychedelic medicines and brain scans during the experience. During the course of the experiments this fictional scientist uncovers the many layers of consciousness upon which our consensus reality is based. People who have had the good fortune to experience what Sasha Shulgin called a Plus 5 experience will most likely be amazed at how well Bernardo has captured the essence of such experiences.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/DN6Kg6FEFAA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/DN6Kg6FEFAA/497-KastrupDreamingReality.mp3https://archive.org/download/497KastrupDreamingReality/497-KastrupDreamingReality.mp3https://archive.org/download/497KastrupDreamingReality/497-KastrupDreamingReality.mp3496-Damer: "Something a Little Different"Mon, 28 Mar 2016 11:17:24 -0700https://archive.org/download/496DamerMelbourne/496-DamerMelbourne.mp3Bruce Damer, space exploration, moon, cosmos, origin of life, poetry, creativity. Lorenzo Hagerty, terrorism, U.S. Military, alchemy, Philosopher's StoneToday's podcast features a series of raps by Bruce Damer who is backed up by the Faye Steen House Band led by: Joe Oppenheimer on loops, FX, and acoustic, with Darcy Davis on keys, and Aengus Donald on percussion. The recording was made in Melbourne, Australia in 2015. This is followed by Lorenzo giving a few of his thoughts about the state of the world today and a way in which alchemy may be applied to heal it.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/St-69avWN_w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/St-69avWN_w/496-DamerMelbourne.mp3https://archive.org/download/496DamerMelbourne/496-DamerMelbourne.mp3https://archive.org/download/496DamerMelbourne/496-DamerMelbourne.mp3495-TMcKenna: "Our Bridges Have Burned Behind Us"Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:13:40 -0700https://archive.org/download/495TMcKennaBurnedBridges/495-TMcKennaBurnedBridges.mp3Terence McKenna, time, genetics, epigenetics, alchemy, memoryToday's podcast brings to a close the four-part Terence McKenna series dealing with alchemy and the Hermetic Corpus. In this conclusion Terence points out that alchemy is still with us, although we may not always see its current form. And in reference to the current state of chaos in our world today he says, “Speciation of a single plant can occupy fifty or sixty thousand years. It never happens more quickly than that, and the grinding down of glaciers from the poles, these are processes that take hundreds of thousands of years. With the advent of human beings an entirely new ontos of becoming, an entirely new category of becoming is introduced into the entire cosmos, as far as we know, because we cannot verify that there are other self-reflecting beings in the universe.” but “Our bridges are burning behind us. We see no way back.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/7ykX66ce4OU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/7ykX66ce4OU/495-TMcKennaBurnedBridges.mp3https://archive.org/download/495TMcKennaBurnedBridges/495-TMcKennaBurnedBridges.mp3https://archive.org/download/495TMcKennaBurnedBridges/495-TMcKennaBurnedBridges.mp3494-TMcKenna: "The Alchemical Angel Will Not Die"Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:48:17 -0700https://archive.org/download/494TMcKennaAlchemicalAngel/494-TMcKennaAlchemicalAngel.mp3Terence McKenna, alchemy, Hermetic Corpus, Voynich Manuscript, revolutionToday's podcast picks up with the 1991 Terence McKenna workshop where he spoke about alchemy and the Hermetic tradition. It also marks the beginning of the 12th year of podcasts from the Psychedelic Salon. A few interesting McKenna quotes from this talk include: “What we would call manic depression, despair, and that chaotic, near psychotic state of unbounded hopelessness is the precondition then for the alchemical work.” and “An angel chartered modern science. It's the alchemical angel, which will not die. It returns again and again to guide the destinies of nations and people toward an unimaginable conclusion.” and “The alchemical spirit lives on. It never really died. It's just that it has taken peculiar forms in our own day.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/a27pGeDDazo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/a27pGeDDazo/494-TMcKennaAlchemicalAngel.mp3https://archive.org/download/494TMcKennaAlchemicalAngel/494-TMcKennaAlchemicalAngel.mp3https://archive.org/download/494TMcKennaAlchemicalAngel/494-TMcKennaAlchemicalAngel.mp3493-Kiseato: "Peyote Wisdom"Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:45:31 -0700https://archive.org/download/493RoseKiseatoPeyoteWisdom/493-RoseKiseatoPeyoteWisdom.mp3Shonagh Home, Rose Kiseato, peyote, Native AmericansToday's podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and
Rose Kiseato Shepherd Davis, who is a Navajo-Hopi water woman of the Native American Church of North America. She is from the tobacco clan and is a 5th generation grandmother in her maternal line. Rose is an accomplished artisan bead-worker who teaches classes on this ancient craft. She is recognized both by her tribe and by the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, and many people consider her to be their spiritual mother and grandmother. She has been participating in the peyote ceremony for over 25 years, and she lives on the Navajo Reservation in Sanders, AZ.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/LW_QGoaMOow" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/LW_QGoaMOow/493-RoseKiseatoPeyoteWisdom.mp3https://archive.org/download/493RoseKiseatoPeyoteWisdom/493-RoseKiseatoPeyoteWisdom.mp3https://archive.org/download/493RoseKiseatoPeyoteWisdom/493-RoseKiseatoPeyoteWisdom.mp3492-TMcKenna: "The Dizziness of Things Unsaid"Mon, 7 Mar 2016 15:17:42 -0800https://archive.org/download/492TMcKennaHermeticCorpus/492-TMcKennaHermeticCorpus.mp3Terence McKenna, Corpus Hermetica, alchemy, metaphysics, philosophyToday's podcast picks up where we left off last week, with Terence McKenna, in a May of 1991 workshop, discusses alchemy and reads some selections from the Corpus Hermetica. A few McKenna quotes include: “We're like people who don't remember who we are or where we came from. And we just wander mumbling through the streets of our cities, foraging in garbage cans and frightening other people.” and “We live in a universe so alienated that we can barely conceive of the way back.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/VMCvkMcLrJM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/VMCvkMcLrJM/492-TMcKennaHermeticCorpus.mp3https://archive.org/download/492TMcKennaHermeticCorpus/492-TMcKennaHermeticCorpus.mp3https://archive.org/download/492TMcKennaHermeticCorpus/492-TMcKennaHermeticCorpus.mp3491-TMcKenna: "McKenna, Alchemy, & the World Today"Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:21:54 -0800https://archive.org/download/491TMcKennaAlchemyToday/491-TMcKennaAlchemyToday.mp3Terence McKenna, Hermeticism, alchemy, language, science, imagination, Christianity, LogosToday we return to a few words from Terence McKenna. In this May of 1991 workshop, Terence takes us into the world of Hermeticism and alchemy. His thoughts include: “Somehow the redemption of the human enterprise lies in the dimension of the imagination. And to do that we have to transcend the categories that we inherit from a thousand years of science and Christianity and rationalism.” and “Authentic being, make no mistake about it, is what alchemical gold really is. That's what they're talking about, authentic being.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/HGfSIT3TxvU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/HGfSIT3TxvU/491-TMcKennaAlchemyToday.mp3https://archive.org/download/491TMcKennaAlchemyToday/491-TMcKennaAlchemyToday.mp3https://archive.org/download/491TMcKennaAlchemyToday/491-TMcKennaAlchemyToday.mp3490-:Various: "Bridging Western Medicine and Shamanism"Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:10:18 -0800https://archive.org/download/490HomeHernandez/490-HomeHernandez.mp3Shonagh Home, Veronica Hernandez, children, shamanism, family, psychedelics, pharmaceuticals, ayahuasca, San Pedro,Today's podcast features a conversation between Veronica Hernandez and Shonagh Home. Veronica Hernandez, is a clinical psychologist and shamanic practitioner. Born in Peru, since 2006 she has been trained on shamanic facilitation. She received her clinical training at the Institute of Rational-Emotive Therapy, New York, under the supervision of Dr. Albert Ellis. She was assistant professor at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and research assistant at the Hospital Psiquiátrico Noguchi de Lima (Peru). In the United States, she worked as a Social Services Clinician at John Muir Health Hospital’s Inpatient Psychiatric Adolescent Unit, California. Currently she is completing her doctoral degree at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, where she is carrying out research on the healing and transformative benefits of entheogens, especially Ayahuasca. Among other topics, Veronica and Shonagh talk about children using pharmaceuticals, personal growth, spirituality, Jung's concept of a shadow, and processing psychedelic experiences.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/5N51uVyU6BE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/5N51uVyU6BE/490-HomeHernandez.mp3https://archive.org/download/490HomeHernandez/490-HomeHernandez.mp3https://archive.org/download/490HomeHernandez/490-HomeHernandez.mp3489-Oak: "The Art of Event Organizing"Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:19:43 -0800https://archive.org/download/489OakEventPlanning/489-OakEventPlanning.mp3Annie Oak, Burning Man, events, safety, Woman's Visionary Congress, Kai WingoToday's podcast features the 2015 Palenque Norte Lecture given by Annie Oak at the Burning Man Festival. In her talk, Annie takes us on a tour of the various factors involved in organizing events such as festivals, dance parties, and theme camps. As a co-founder of the Woman's Visionary Congress, now in its 10th year, and as a co-founder of a major theme camp at Burning Man, not to mention numerous other events that Annie has helped organize. Also, in this podcast the tragic death of fellow saloner Kai Wingo is discussed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/gBcCFH962zg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/gBcCFH962zg/489-OakEventPlanning.mp3https://archive.org/download/489OakEventPlanning/489-OakEventPlanning.mp3https://archive.org/download/489OakEventPlanning/489-OakEventPlanning.mp3488-Sferios: "MDMA The Movie"Wed, 3 Feb 2016 12:41:02 -0800https://archive.org/download/488SferiosMDMAMovie/488-SferiosMDMATheMovie.mp3Emanuel Sferios, MDMA, Dancesafe, War on Drugs, medicine, electronic music, ravesToday's podcast features a conversation that Lorenzo had with Emanuel Sferios, the founder of DanceSafe and the producer of “MDMA The Movie”. In addition to discussing the movie that Emanuel is producing their conversation included a discussion of the way young people now perceive the differences between MDMA, Ecstasy, and Molly. Also their discussion touched on the current medical uses of MDMA and ways in which parents can talk with their children about drugs in an honest and sensible way.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/wxcUSEUn4Js" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/wxcUSEUn4Js/488-SferiosMDMATheMovie.mp3https://archive.org/download/488SferiosMDMAMovie/488-SferiosMDMATheMovie.mp3https://archive.org/download/488SferiosMDMAMovie/488-SferiosMDMATheMovie.mp3487-Doblin: "Mainstreaming Psychedelics"Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:09:04 -0800https://archive.org/download/487DoblinMainstreamingPsychedelics/487-DoblinMainstreamingPsychedelics.mp3Rick Doblin, MDMA, MAPS, psychedelics, mysticism, medicine, psychedelic research, therapy, PTSDToday's podcast features the 2015 Palenque Norte Lecture by Rick Doblin, the founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). In bringing us up to date on the current state of psychedelic research, Rick reveals that, although it has taken 15 years and over $5 million to do so, they have now successfully treated 90 people in their phase 2 studies, and the results have far exceeded their expectations. Among other successes is the fact that the FDA has now given MAPS' researchers permission to give MDMA to other professional therapists who they are training as psychedelic psychotherapists. One of their most important findings is that in treating PTSD patients MDMA works equally well with both men and women, regardless of the cause of their trauma.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6SzmT_jaNkM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6SzmT_jaNkM/487-DoblinMainstreamingPsychedelics.mp3https://archive.org/download/487DoblinMainstreamingPsychedelics/487-DoblinMainstreamingPsychedelics.mp3https://archive.org/download/487DoblinMainstreamingPsychedelics/487-DoblinMainstreamingPsychedelics.mp3486-TMcKenna: "The Main Vein of the Peculiar"Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:33:23 -0800https://archive.org/download/486TMcKennaMainVein/486-TMcKennaMainVein.mp3Terence McKenna, DMT, psychedelics, evolution, imagination, virtual reality, shamanism, ayahuasca, falling in loveToday's podcast features the final section of a Terence McKenna workshop that took place in February 1991. In addition to more stories about the machine-elves and DMT, Terence covers evolution, the imagination, virtual reality, shamanism, and falling in love. The title of today's podcast comes from my favorite quote by McKenna: “Apparently, if you pursue the weird, it won't take you very long before you get to [psychedelics]. This is the main vein of the peculiar.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/C5_25a444A8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/C5_25a444A8/486-TMcKennaMainVein.mp3https://archive.org/download/486TMcKennaMainVein/486-TMcKennaMainVein.mp3https://archive.org/download/486TMcKennaMainVein/486-TMcKennaMainVein.mp3485-TMcKenna: "The Ideas Remain"Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:19:43 -0800https://archive.org/download/485TMcKennaTheIdeasRemain/485-TMcKennaTheIdeasRemain.mp3Terence McKenna, ayahuasca, purging, evolution, culture, population growthToday's podcast begins with Terence talking about the elephant in the ayahuasca room: purging, puking, barfing, vomiting or whatever you want to call it. Fortunately he moves on and speculates that the human break with nature came about due to a change in the climate. And he ends this part of the workshop talking about the dire state of affairs on the planet on that February day in 1991 as the First Gulf War was raging. Two of my favorite quotes from this talk are: “The modern nuclear family, and I've got one I know whereof I speak, is just a cauldron for neurosis. It makes impossible demands on everybody involved.” . . . and “The way you prove your worthiness is by not wrecking your home planet. You can't join the galactic club if you wreck your home planet. They withdraw your membership application.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/-CtZvKebhLE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/-CtZvKebhLE/485-TMcKennaTheIdeasRemain.mp3https://archive.org/download/485TMcKennaTheIdeasRemain/485-TMcKennaTheIdeasRemain.mp3https://archive.org/download/485TMcKennaTheIdeasRemain/485-TMcKennaTheIdeasRemain.mp3484-TMcKenna: "This is the Mushroom's Program"Mon, 4 Jan 2016 14:39:57 -0800https://archive.org/download/484TMcKennaMushroomProgram/484-TMcKennaMushroomProgram.mp3Terence McKenna, ayahuasca, language, DMT, psychedelics, genetics, DNA, consciousnessToday we rejoin Terence McKenna in a February 1991 weekend workshop. And if you have never heard Terence describe a smoked DMT trip this is the one you want to hear. One of the topics that he touches on here that I hadn't heard him speak about before is his speculation that, contrary to current scientific thinking, epigenetic memories may be stored in our so-called junk DNA. Later on, Terence gets back into another description of an encounter in DMT-space with the machine elves, and gets so carried away in remembering an encounter becomes almost breathless calling them the vector at the end of time who are waiting for us . . . classic Terence! And regarding the courage a psychonaught requires he says, “I don't think you are going to spend very long involved with these things at a deep level without scaring your socks off eventually. One of the great things about these psychedelic teachers is that they are so gentle with beginners. And then the flip side of that coin is they are so unforgiving with veterans.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/KCrMVEcMJvg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/KCrMVEcMJvg/484-TMcKennaMushroomProgram.mp3https://archive.org/download/484TMcKennaMushroomProgram/484-TMcKennaMushroomProgram.mp3https://archive.org/download/484TMcKennaMushroomProgram/484-TMcKennaMushroomProgram.mp3483-TMcKenna: "Catalysts of Consciousness"Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:00:31 -0800https://archive.org/download/483TMcKennaConsciousnessCatalysts/483-TMcKennaConsciousnessCatalysts.mp3ayahuasca, Terence McKenna, psychedelics, shamanism, electronic media, icarosToday we join Terence McKenna for the first part of a February 1991 weekend workshop. Interestingly, at the beginning of his talk he seems to indicate that he is getting tired of only talking about how to uses various psychedelic substances and begins to branch into some of the other topics that we know him for today. A couple of my favorite quotes from this talk include: “We can move no faster than the envelope of language which we generate to describe our journey.” And, “I heard the electronic media described as the ability to spread darkness at the speed of light.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/QDnGErFqKB8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/QDnGErFqKB8/483-TMcKennaConsciousnessCatalysts.mp3https://archive.org/download/483TMcKennaConsciousnessCatalysts/483-TMcKennaConsciousnessCatalysts.mp3https://archive.org/download/483TMcKennaConsciousnessCatalysts/483-TMcKennaConsciousnessCatalysts.mp3482-Norquist: "Help Save Ross Ulbricht & Internet Freedom"Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:06:16 -0800https://archive.org/download/482NorquistPN2015/482-NorquistPN2015.mp3Grover Norquist, Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road, War on Drugs, government, Internet freedomToday's podcast comes in two parts. We begin with the Palenque Norte Lecture that Grover Norquist gave at the 2015 Burning Man Festival. This talk was actually in the form of a question and answer session in which the somewhat liberal audience found several areas in which they held goals in common with the more conservative Mr. Norquist. Following that are two clips dealing with the government's persecution of Ross Ulbrich, who is now a political prisoner serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for the crime of operating a Website based in Iceland.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/H1Peqw7dcIk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/H1Peqw7dcIk/482-NorquistPN2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/482NorquistPN2015/482-NorquistPN2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/482NorquistPN2015/482-NorquistPN2015.mp3481-Various: "The Deep, Dark Sixties"Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:06:19 -0800https://archive.org/download/481VariousDeepDarkSixties/481-VariousDeepDarkSixties.mp3Lorenzo Hagerty, Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman, Danny Sugarman, Makana, Internet, freedom, fascism, electronic gulagToday's podcast features talks by Dr. Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman, and Danny Sugarman, as well as audio from the trailer for DeepWebTheMovie.com. This is a podcast that you may want to listen to if you value your right to freely use the Internet, among other things.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/QBhYiYk8SXA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/QBhYiYk8SXA/481-VariousDeepDarkSixties.mp3https://archive.org/download/481VariousDeepDarkSixties/481-VariousDeepDarkSixties.mp3https://archive.org/download/481VariousDeepDarkSixties/481-VariousDeepDarkSixties.mp3480-Danforth: "Coming Down From the Psychedelic Power Trip"Mon, 7 Dec 2015 14:05:25 -0800https://archive.org/download/480DanforthPN2015/480-DanforthPN2015.mp3Alicia Danforth, medicine, science, sexism, researchToday we feature the 2015 Palenque Norte Lecture by Dr. Alicia Danforth. In her talk, plus a question and answer session, Alicia describes some of the difficulties that a professional woman researcher may encounter in the area of sexism at work. She also discusses what has been called “the 800 pound gorilla in the room”, the psychedelic jerk. At the end of this podcast, Lorenzo explains why he raised the price of the paperback copy of his novel to $350.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/1c0Kt9203p4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/1c0Kt9203p4/480-DanforthPN2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/480DanforthPN2015/480-DanforthPN2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/480DanforthPN2015/480-DanforthPN2015.mp3479-TMcKenna: "Overcoming Culture"Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:12:08 -0800https://archive.org/download/479TMcKennaOvercomingCulture/479-TMcKennaOvercomingCulture.mp3language, Terence McKenna, politics, culture, LSD, DMTToday we pick up on a Terence McKenna workshop from 1989. It was in September of 2013 that I played the first three parts of this month-long scholar-in-residence gig of his at Esalen. And you can find those talks in my podcasts 367, 368, and 369 . . . over 100 podcasts ago. A couple of my favorite quotes from this talk are: “It is not only possible, but millions and millions of people do go from the cradle to the grave without ever having a psychedelic experience. To my mind this is just an instance of an appalling infantilism that is culturally sanctioned.” . . . “[Psychedelics are] part of the birthright. This is what religion WAS for the first million years before it fell into the hands of men who insist on wearing dresses. It was the celebration of an ecstatic reality that could be coaxed out of a magical relationship with nature. And it's still there. The portals are still there.” . . . and “The government has never been a major factor in the decisions I made about my program of ingestion.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/JBaddd8OHkg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/JBaddd8OHkg/479-TMcKennaOvercomingCulture.mp3https://archive.org/download/479TMcKennaOvercomingCulture/479-TMcKennaOvercomingCulture.mp3https://archive.org/download/479TMcKennaOvercomingCulture/479-TMcKennaOvercomingCulture.mp3478-Home: "Breaking The Spell On You"Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:29:54 -0800https://archive.org/download/478ShonaghBreakingTheSpell/478-ShonaghBreakingTheSpell.mp3Shonagh Home, spells, psilocybin, magic mushrooms, language, cultureToday's podcast features a talk given by Shonagh Home at the “Exploring Psychedelics In Culture, Religion, & Science” conference held at the University of Southern Oregon in June 2015. In her talk, Shonagh explores the way in which some words and phrases actually cast spell-like trances on us as we move through our cultures. She then explains how the proper use of medicinal mushrooms can break these spells. As she says, “What is the point of doing these medicines if you are not going to break the spell of your perceptions, of who and what you think you are, and what you perceive this world to be.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/DMBJIn8iaLw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/DMBJIn8iaLw/478-ShonaghBreakingTheSpell.mp3https://archive.org/download/478ShonaghBreakingTheSpell/478-ShonaghBreakingTheSpell.mp3https://archive.org/download/478ShonaghBreakingTheSpell/478-ShonaghBreakingTheSpell.mp3477-Souther: "What is this medium called consciousness"Mon, 16 Nov 2015 10:38:47 -0800https://archive.org/download/477SoutherPN2015/477-SoutherPN2015.mp3Hamilton Souther, Blue Morpho Foundation, ayahuasca, psychedelics, medicine, science, shamanism, future, healing, PTSDToday's podcast features the 2015 Palenque Norte Lecture by visionary leader, humanitarian, and master shaman, Hamilton Souther. After spending over 12 years in the jungle and participating in more than 1,000 ayahuasca ceremonies, he has been able to understand and explain more about the workings of human consciousness than can be found in any scientific book that I have ever read. This is a talk that you don't want to miss. Speaking about ayahuasca he says: “I came to look at it and realize that what we [North Americans] were looking for wasn't specifically an experience that would produce healing, but we were looking for a shift in consciousness that would produce healing.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/7sROGtSTCP8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/7sROGtSTCP8/477-SoutherPN2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/477SoutherPN2015/477-SoutherPN2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/477SoutherPN2015/477-SoutherPN2015.mp3476-TMcKenna: "Origins of the Choice-Maker"Mon, 9 Nov 2015 16:40:11 -0800https://archive.org/download/476TMcKennaTimewaveDetails/476-TMcKennaTimewaveDetails.mp3Terence McKenna, Timewave, time, novelty, habit, psychedelics, science, I Ching,Today we pick up on the February 1996 Terence McKenna workshop that we began with Podcast 472. When he gets to his overview of habit and novelty and then moves into a discussion of time, his poetic language provides several interesting mental footholds from which we can expand on some of his thinking about the topic of time. As he says, “We are very naieve about the nature of time,” pointing out that the concept of using an average of measurements taken in a science experiment requires that all moments of time must be the same. “Are they?” he asks. “Is every moment just like the others?” From there he takes us on an interesting journey into the I Ching.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/I7zia-awNzs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/I7zia-awNzs/476-TMcKennaTimewaveDetails.mp3https://archive.org/download/476TMcKennaTimewaveDetails/476-TMcKennaTimewaveDetails.mp3https://archive.org/download/476TMcKennaTimewaveDetails/476-TMcKennaTimewaveDetails.mp3475-Various: "The Path of a Medicine Woman"Mon, 2 Nov 2015 10:58:03 -0800https://archive.org/download/475ShonaghHomeBorkaCafuk/475-ShonaghHomeBorkaCafuk.mp3ayahuasca, Shonagh Home, Borka Cafuk, sapo, kambo, shamanism, medicine, woman's wisdom, nu-nu, daturaToday's program features a conversation between Shonagh Home and Borka Cafuk, who is a remarkable medicine woman. Not only does Borka provide interesting details about plant medicines such as ayahuasca, sapo, and nu-nu, she also tells the fascinating story of her transition from working as an environmental journalist from Europe into a South American medicine woman. And she minces no words in talking about the difficulties that she has encountered being accepted by the indigenous people, and in particular the male ayahuasceros, where she now lives. Much plant knowledge is being lost as traditional healers are being subsumed into the Western culture that is now seeping into the Amazon basin, and so it has fallen to people like Borka to help the local medicine men and women hold together the threads of this important work.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9u9lBTeGDV0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9u9lBTeGDV0/475-ShonaghHomeBorkaCafuk.mp3https://archive.org/download/475ShonaghHomeBorkaCafuk/475-ShonaghHomeBorkaCafuk.mp3https://archive.org/download/475ShonaghHomeBorkaCafuk/475-ShonaghHomeBorkaCafuk.mp3474-Doctorow: Important Podcast – This Affects YOU!Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:53:17 -0700https://archive.org/download/474DoctorowDigitalFreedom/474-DoctorowDigitalFreedom.mp3Cory Doctorow, EFF, digital rights, Internet of things, freedomToday's podcast features a 2015 Palenque Norte Lecture given by Cory Doctorow at this year's Burning Man Festival. Cory is a well-known science fiction writer and lecturer who warns us about how much of our freedom has already been assumed by rich corporations through their manipulation of the law through the use of technology. Whether you realize it or not, your personal freedom has already been significantly compromised in the digital domain, and unless you become aware of what is taking place, and then do something about it, Orwell's world of “1984” will continue to encroach on your life.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9hBP8_4zaQo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9hBP8_4zaQo/474-DoctorowDigitalFreedom.mp3https://archive.org/download/474DoctorowDigitalFreedom/474-DoctorowDigitalFreedom.mp3https://archive.org/download/474DoctorowDigitalFreedom/474-DoctorowDigitalFreedom.mp3473-Leary: "Outcasts and Future People"Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:04:13 -0700https://archive.org/download/473LearyFuturePeople/473-LearyFuturePeople.mp3culture, America, youth, Timothy Leary, future, evolution, psychedelics,Today's podcast features a 1980 talk by Dr. Timothy Leary, who by that time had not only survived the wrath of the entire U.S. government, he was thriving. Even luminaries such as Robert Anton Wilson showed up in his audiences. While today, the name of Terence McKenna is more widely known among members of the world wide psychedelic community, it was Timothy Leary who even captured the imaginations of U.S. presidents, such as Richard Nixon, who declared Leary to be “the most dangerous man in America.” In this talk you will hear the Leary at his best, laughing and enjoying himself. A few of my favorite quotes from this talk are:
“The smarter you are, the higher you want to be.”
“The key to the Sixties, as we see it now, was a period of self-discovery, of self-indulgence, and the refusal to accept the adult hive's over-specialized models.”
“Show me a taboo, and I'm interested in it.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/kdy1zzjP9s4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/kdy1zzjP9s4/473-LearyFuturePeople.mp3https://archive.org/download/473LearyFuturePeople/473-LearyFuturePeople.mp3https://archive.org/download/473LearyFuturePeople/473-LearyFuturePeople.mp3472-TMcKenna: "The Timewave & The Watkins Objection"Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:28:21 -0700https://archive.org/download/472TMcKennaTimewaveObjection/472-TMcKennaTimewaveObjection.mp3Terence McKenna, Timewave, psychedelics, Internet, “1984”While the segment only takes about 10 minutes, Terence's comments after just returning from Palenque, Mexico, where he met with Matthew Watkins and learned about the fatal flaw in his Timewave hypothesis, for me it is the core of the program. But there is much more to this February 1996 talk than the Timewave. One of the other interesting asides that Terence makes in this talk is his take on how Hawaii is his version of paradise now that he has the Internet. Also, about midway through this talk a member of the audience comments about Terence's speculations about the rise of the Internet to ask how this will be different from “1984”, which is interesting in that this talk was given in February of 1996, long before the revelations of Edward Snowden. Terence answers with an interesting take on the difference between the novel “1984” and his understanding of where the Internet was heading. As before, he praises the merits of virtual reality saying that “matter is tacky”. My favorite take-away quote from this talk is: “My idea of enlightenment is when ego and Tao are fused, and Tao is perceived as ego. Then everything happens with complete appropriateness.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/u6gYlzc-V8I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/u6gYlzc-V8I/472-TMcKennaTimewaveObjection.mp3https://archive.org/download/472TMcKennaTimewaveObjection/472-TMcKennaTimewaveObjection.mp3https://archive.org/download/472TMcKennaTimewaveObjection/472-TMcKennaTimewaveObjection.mp3471-Various: "Healing For PTSD Is Available"Mon, 5 Oct 2015 12:21:40 -0700https://archive.org/download/471VariousShockedAndAwed/471-VariousShockedAndAwed.mp3PTSD, veterans, military, MDMA, ayahuasca, cannabis, marijuanaIf you are (or know) a military veteran (or anyone else) who has PTSD, then you owe it to yourself to listen to the conversation featured in today's podcast. In this program Shonagh Home interviews Janine Sagert, the producer of “Shocked and Awed”, Saj Razvi, who is an MDMA clinical therapist, and Ryan Le Compte, an ex marine who now runs an organization called Veterans for Entheogenic Therapy. Their discussion focuses on ways in which veterans and others suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorders can get relief, and in some cases even be cured, through the use of MDMA, ayahuasca, and cannabis.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/BvTPaprq5Xs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/BvTPaprq5Xs/471-VariousShockedAndAwed.mp3https://archive.org/download/471VariousShockedAndAwed/471-VariousShockedAndAwed.mp3https://archive.org/download/471VariousShockedAndAwed/471-VariousShockedAndAwed.mp3470-Home: "Enter the Medicine Woman"Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:40:37 -0700https://archive.org/download/470HomeEnterMedicineWoman/470-HomeEnterMedicineWoman.mp3Shonagh Home, medicine women, archaic culture, psychedelics, magic mushrooms, psilocybin, culture, healingToday we feature Shonagh Home from a talk that she gave at the recent Women & Entheogens Conference that was held in Cleveland, Ohio. The focus of Shonagh's presentation has to do with breaking the spell of our cultural constructs that are preventing us from living informed and satisfying lives. She begins with an excellent overview of how, over the centuries, the ruling elite have conditioned society in ways that keep most of us from being truly free to pursue our lives in ways that suit us. She then introduces the ancient concept of the medicine woman and suggests ways in which we can embrace their return.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/doE4OjL1s2A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/doE4OjL1s2A/470-HomeEnterMedicineWoman.mp3https://archive.org/download/470HomeEnterMedicineWoman/470-HomeEnterMedicineWoman.mp3https://archive.org/download/470HomeEnterMedicineWoman/470-HomeEnterMedicineWoman.mp3469-TMcKenna: "Philosophy With The Gloves Off"Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:02:53 -0700https://archive.org/download/469TMcKennaGlovesOff/469-TMcKennaGlovesOff.mp3Ibogaine, psychedelics, Terence McKenna, Prozac, Salvia divinorum, SSRIsToday's podcast features the next part of a February 1996 workshop. The first part may be found in my podcast 463. In today's talk, Terence McKenna gives one of his most detailed accounts of both Ibogaine and Salvia divinorum. Among other interesting insights, he says, “People have trouble saying a lot about many of these things. I think that's a learned skill; narrative ability and to keep your wits about you in those places, and to try and bring back some kind of coherent metaphor.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/BxsyUuY7mew" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/BxsyUuY7mew/469-TMcKennaGlovesOff.mp3https://archive.org/download/469TMcKennaGlovesOff/469-TMcKennaGlovesOff.mp3https://archive.org/download/469TMcKennaGlovesOff/469-TMcKennaGlovesOff.mp3468-Gorman: "Investigating Life – Part 2"Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:17:52 -0700https://archive.org/download/468GormanAmazonTales02/468-GormanAmazonTales02.mp3Peter Gorman, Sapo, Kambo, High Times, Amazon, Cannabis Cup, psychedelics, medicine, science, adventureToday's podcast features the second part of an interview with Peter Gorman, one of the larger-than-life figures to be found among our psychedelic elders. The program begins by picking up with a story about river pirates in the Amazon, migrates to tales of running a bar in the jungle town of Iquitos, Peru that was frequented by DEA agents, and continues with Peter talking about his interactions with luminaries such as Albert Hofmann, Alan Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, and Terence McKenna. Also, Peter talks about his new book “Sapo In My Soul”, which is the first book to be published about this interesting medicine. Of interest to our younger saloners will be his telling of how, as a young man himself, he financed his trips to the Amazon and the methods he used to search for medicinal plants in the jungle.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/i8agEkXD_gE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/i8agEkXD_gE/468-GormanAmazonTales02.mp3https://archive.org/download/468GormanAmazonTales02/468-GormanAmazonTales02.mp3https://archive.org/download/468GormanAmazonTales02/468-GormanAmazonTales02.mp3467-Gorman: "Investigating Life – Part 1"Mon, 7 Sep 2015 14:55:26 -0700https://archive.org/download/467GormanAmazonTales01/467-GormanAmazonTales01.mp3Peter Gorman, ayahuasca, LSD, psychedelics, ethnobotany, psychedelic research, Amazon, scienceToday's podcast features an interview of Peter Groman by Tom Huckabee. The interview took place at Peter's home in August 2015. In this, the first part of Peter's story, we learn that Peter was one of the first American's to take ayahuasca. At the time, Burroughs' “Yage Letters” hadn't yet made it around to him. He wrote a freelance story about the experience, which became a front page story in High Times Magazine. Many twists and turns later, Peter became the Editor in Chief of High Times and was instramental in entering the discussion of medical marijuana into the mainstream media. This is the first part of this interview, and it ends with Peter and his wife deep in the Amazon and being acosted by river pirates.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/U4MsQNIvzGM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/U4MsQNIvzGM/467-GormanAmazonTales01.mp3https://archive.org/download/467GormanAmazonTales01/467-GormanAmazonTales01.mp3https://archive.org/download/467GormanAmazonTales01/467-GormanAmazonTales01.mp3466-Doblin: "This An Incredible Moment"Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:17:59 -0700https://archive.org/download/466DoblinPN2014/466-DoblinPN2014.mp3Psychedelics, Psychotherapy, Burning Man, Palenque Norte, Maps, Rick DoblinToday's podcast features the 2014 Palenque Norte Lecture given by Rick Doblin, the founder of MAPS. Among a wide range of topics, Rick discusses the work that is being done to establish satisfactory conditions for a post-prohibition world. In his update on recent MAPS-sponsored research he tells about their success in working with veterans, fire fighters and police officers who are suffering from PTSD. Also, we learn about the legal new ways in which MAPS is training therapists to work with psychedelic substances.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ajlgE0VrxXM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ajlgE0VrxXM/466-DoblinPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/466DoblinPN2014/466-DoblinPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/466DoblinPN2014/466-DoblinPN2014.mp3465 (removed)Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:28:20 -0700464-Damer: "Temple of Light"Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:52:54 -0700https://archive.org/download/464DamerTempleOfLight/464-DamerTempleOfLight.mp3psychedelics, festivals, Eleusis, ChristianityToday's podcast features a talk given by Dr. Bruce Damer in May 2015 at the Lightening in a Bottle Festival. Building on a theme introduced by Lorenzo in a talk at Esalen, Bruce takes an in-depth look at the importance and essence of the Mysteries at Eleusis. In his concluding remarks, Lorenzo discusses the drawbacks of organized religion and suggests that minor children NOT be given religious instruction.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/rYUHk3eTtRY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/rYUHk3eTtRY/464-DamerTempleOfLight.mp3https://archive.org/download/464DamerTempleOfLight/464-DamerTempleOfLight.mp3https://archive.org/download/464DamerTempleOfLight/464-DamerTempleOfLight.mp3463-TMcKenna: "Novelty is to be Cherished"Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:03:41 -0700https://archive.org/download/463TMcKennaDescent01/463-TMcKennaDescent01.mp3Timewave, Reality, Language, Magic, Emergence, Terence McKennaToday's podcast features the first part of a February 1996 Terence McKenna workshop. Coming right after Terence returned from an entheobotany conference in Palenque, Mexico, Terence talks about the Watkins objection to his Timewave theory. He also discusses magic, what is primary about reality, and the interesting fact that he had been experiencing some serious headaches recently. One of my favorite quotes is when he says, “I describe myself as a tall man with a cheap watch.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/RWFHBk4UZ6s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/RWFHBk4UZ6s/463-TMcKennaDescent01.mp3https://archive.org/download/463TMcKennaDescent01/463-TMcKennaDescent01.mp3https://archive.org/download/463TMcKennaDescent01/463-TMcKennaDescent01.mp3462-Various: "Psychedelic Advocacy"Mon, 3 Aug 2015 13:20:36 -0700https://archive.org/download/462BoothRalston/462-BoothRalston.mp3psychedelics, science, war on drugsToday's podcast features Ashley Booth, scientist and psychedelic advocate, and Amy Ralston Povah, a victim and hero of the War on Drugs. The talk by Ashley was given at the 2014 Palenque Norte Lectures at the Burning Man Festival, and the talk by Amy was given at a Venice, California salon hosted by Ashley in celebration of Bicycle Day 2014. Together these talks will give you a lot of things to talk about, both with friends who agree with you and the old Nancy Reagan just say no crowd. . . . As Ashley says, “By being a psychedelic advocate, I'm not saying that psychedelics are good for everyone, by any means. I would just like it to be an opportunity for people who would like to try it.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/3XAEgamzeFI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/3XAEgamzeFI/462-BoothRalston.mp3https://archive.org/download/462BoothRalston/462-BoothRalston.mp3https://archive.org/download/462BoothRalston/462-BoothRalston.mp3461-TMcKenna: "Shake the mud off your shoes, monkey"Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:15:05 -0700https://archive.org/download/461TMcKennaShakeMud/461-TMcKennaShakeMud.mp3ayahuasca, psychedelics, language, DMT, death, Catholicism, hyperspace, shamansIf you are interested by discussions about ayahuasca, psychedelics, language, DMT, death, Catholicism, hyperspace, and shamans then this part of a May 1990 Terence McKenna workshop may hold some fascination for you. One of his more interesting quotes from this talk is, “We're about to have the chance to create a global culture, to essentially clean our basement and decide what we're going to save and what we're going to keep.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6OykcCHLGzo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6OykcCHLGzo/461-TMcKennaShakeMud.mp3https://archive.org/download/461TMcKennaShakeMud/461-TMcKennaShakeMud.mp3https://archive.org/download/461TMcKennaShakeMud/461-TMcKennaShakeMud.mp3460-TMcKenna: "Our planetary birth process"Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:52:24 -0700https://archive.org/download/460TMcKennaPlanetBirth/460-TMcKennaPlanetBirth.mp3ego, psychedelics, shamanism, language, virtual reality, time, death, quantum physicsIn today's podcast we rejoin Terence McKenna in his wide-ranging workshop from May of 1990. In just one hour, Terence spoke about ego, psychedelics, shamanism, language, virtual reality, time, death, and quantum physics, of which he said, “[Quantum physics] is our truth [about reality]. How crazy are you if your truth is something you can't even understand? And that's the situation that we are in.” Other interesting sound bites include, “Language is the software without which we wouldn't be people.” And, “Ideas are the signposts of our destiny.” We also learn what the mushroom told him when he asked, “Am I doing the right thing?”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EoaZN0tPkHQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EoaZN0tPkHQ/460-TMcKennaPlanetBirth.mp3https://archive.org/download/460TMcKennaPlanetBirth/460-TMcKennaPlanetBirth.mp3https://archive.org/download/460TMcKennaPlanetBirth/460-TMcKennaPlanetBirth.mp3459-TMcKenna: "Apes shouting at the monolith"Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:24:40 -0700https://archive.org/download/459McKennaMonolith/459-McKennaMonolith.mp3ecology, environment, evolution, consciousness, psilocybin, psychedelics, shamanismToday's podcast features a talk given by Terence McKenna in May of 1990, and it is one of his most ecological talks that we've listened to in the salon. One of the interesting ideas he puts forth is that perhaps just because we have some truly amazing technology, that doesn't mean that we are any more aware of the meaning of being than were the ancients. As if he were speaking today, he says, “Our style of society is the historical equivalent of a temper tantrum. It has no viability. It's completely self-limiting. It's destructive. And it hands nothing on to its receivers.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_a_h-UjK3WU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_a_h-UjK3WU/459-McKennaMonolith.mp3https://archive.org/download/459McKennaMonolith/459-McKennaMonolith.mp3https://archive.org/download/459McKennaMonolith/459-McKennaMonolith.mp3458-Various: "Practical Mushroom Activism"Mon, 6 Jul 2015 13:13:13 -0700https://archive.org/download/458HomeWingo01/458-HomeWingo01.mp3psilocybin, psychedelics, medicine, shamanismA mushroom expert, Kai Wingo's passion is highlighting the value of mushroom cultivation in the revitalizing of community. She is a mother, mycologist and lecturer on a quest to inspire reverence for earth's exploratory treasures and in the utilization of their technology and curative abilities. Kai feels that if we, women especially, learn to embrace fungi as our allies, they will heal, empower and transform. In today's program, Kai is interviewed by the salon's resident correspondent, Shonagh Home.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SZY8TuFZv7A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SZY8TuFZv7A/458-HomeWingo01.mp3https://archive.org/download/458HomeWingo01/458-HomeWingo01.mp3https://archive.org/download/458HomeWingo01/458-HomeWingo01.mp3457-Razam: "The Divine Invasion"Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:19:45 -0700https://archive.org/download/457RazamDivineInvasion/457-RazamDivineInvasion.mp3ayahuasca, healing, future, vision, medicine, AmazonToday's podcast features a talk given by Rak Razam this year at Byron Bay, Australia. Rak is an ‘experiential’ journalist, who writes about the emergence of a new cultural paradigm in the 21st century. Rak is the author of the critically acclaimed book Aya Awakenings: A Shamanic Odyssey and the companion volume of interviews, The Ayahuasca Sessions. Rak also leads ayahuasca retreats to South America and may be found online at www.rakrazam.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/BhVw4xGMjRg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/BhVw4xGMjRg/457-RazamDivineInvasion.mp3https://archive.org/download/457RazamDivineInvasion/457-RazamDivineInvasion.mp3https://archive.org/download/457RazamDivineInvasion/457-RazamDivineInvasion.mp3456-Siegel: "Engineering Enlightenment"Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:09:31 -0700https://archive.org/download/456SiegelPN2014/456-SiegelPN2014.mp3technology, brain, mind, psychedelics, digital drugsHave you ever given any thought to the proposition that perhaps human well-being, or enlightenment, may be approached through engineering? In today's podcast, which is the 2014 Palenque Norte Lecture given by Mikey Siegel, you are going to learn not only about the possibilities of such a thing as engineering enlightenment, you are also going to learn about the rapid advances that have been made in this field during the past five years. Mikey Siegel is one of the pioneers of what has come to be known as “consciousness hacking”, which is a hands-on-approach to making new tools for self-exploration.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/KGT8y3fTbkk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/KGT8y3fTbkk/456-SiegelPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/456SiegelPN2014/456-SiegelPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/456SiegelPN2014/456-SiegelPN2014.mp3455-Various: "Going Off the Psychedelic Rails"Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:07:15 -0700https://archive.org/download/455VariousPsychedelicRails_201508/455-VariousPsychedelicRails.mp3psychedelics, safety, drug education, educationToday's podcast features a panel discussion about some of the difficulties that can be encountered during a psychedelic experience. This panel discussion took place at the 2014 Palenque Norte Lectures at the Burning Man Festival and features Annie Oak, Irina Alexander and Bruce Damer. In addition to the featured speakers, several members of the audience also spoke about a few of their own difficult experiences with psychedelics and how they dealt with them. This would be a particularly good podcast to listen to before you attend a festival or other large event. And keep in mind, it isn't just the inexperienced people who sometimes go off their rails. It can, and does, happen to highly experienced trippers as well. So be prepared!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/JrzIikTAO-k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/JrzIikTAO-k/455-VariousPsychedelicRails.mp3https://archive.org/download/455VariousPsychedelicRails_201508/455-VariousPsychedelicRails.mp3https://archive.org/download/455VariousPsychedelicRails_201508/455-VariousPsychedelicRails.mp3454-Aldous Huxley: “Human Potentialities”Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:39:07 -0700https://archive.org/download/454HuxleyHumanPotential/454-HuxleyHumanPotential.mp3consciousness, human potential, EsalenThis podcast celebrates the ten year anniversary of programming from the Psychedelic Salon. And so we return to one of the men who was responsible for igniting today's psychedelic renaissance, Aldous Huxley. The talk featured here was delivered at MIT in 1961, sometime after it was first given at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. The Medical Center version of this talk has been credited with giving Dick Price the inspiration to co-found the Esalen Institute. Today, more than 50 years after this talk was given, there remains much of current interest in the sentiments that Huxley so eloquently puts forth.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9d5CvHqV3bs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9d5CvHqV3bs/454-HuxleyHumanPotential.mp3https://archive.org/download/454HuxleyHumanPotential/454-HuxleyHumanPotential.mp3https://archive.org/download/454HuxleyHumanPotential/454-HuxleyHumanPotential.mp3453-Various: "Palenque Norte Tribute to Sasha Shulgin"Mon, 8 Jun 2015 12:15:44 -0700https://archive.org/download/453SashaTributePN2014/453-SashaTributePN2014.mp3chemistry, psychedelics, tributesToday's podcast features the tributes to Sasha Shulgin that were made at the Palenque Norte lectures during the 2014 Burning Man Festival. In addition to comments from the audience, we hear from Dr. George Greer (MDMA Researcher and Co-founder of the Heffter Research Institute), Rick Doblin PhD (President of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), John Gilmore (Co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation), and Annie Oak (Co-founder of the Women’s Visionary Congress).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Q6-l3yCv8W4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Q6-l3yCv8W4/453-SashaTributePN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/453SashaTributePN2014/453-SashaTributePN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/453SashaTributePN2014/453-SashaTributePN2014.mp3452-Various: "Kambo, Sananga and Rapé"Mon, 1 Jun 2015 11:49:57 -0700https://archive.org/download/452ShonaghRutherford01/452-ShonaghRutherford01.mp3medicine, cultureToday's podcast features an interview of Ginny Rutherford by Shonagh Home. Ginny is a Certified Transformational Life Coach in the Seattle area. She has studied Alchemical Tarot for the past 5 years and uses the Tarot in her coaching to get insight for her clients and information on their next step. She has spent time in the jungle of Peru participating in the Shamanic ceremonies using Ayahausca. She also uses Amazonian Kambo, Sananga and Rape' as healing and cleansing medicines. She will be completing her intensive Kambo practitioner training through the IAKP (International Association of Kambo Practitioners) in July. She does currently offer Kambo ceremonies in the Seattle area and can be reached at ginny (at) kambokiss (dot) com or go to her Facebook page Kambo Kiss.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/RNKUpqgBYZw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/RNKUpqgBYZw/452-ShonaghRutherford01.mp3https://archive.org/download/452ShonaghRutherford01/452-ShonaghRutherford01.mp3https://archive.org/download/452ShonaghRutherford01/452-ShonaghRutherford01.mp3451-Pinchbeck: "Toad Venom & Other Things"Tue, 26 May 2015 12:07:26 -0700https://archive.org/download/451PinchbeckPN2014/451-PinchbeckPN2014.mp3psychedelics, culture, Burning ManToday's podcast features the 2014 Palenque Norte Lecture delivered by Daniel Pinchbeck. Beginning with a discussion of his experimentation with toad venom (primary active ingredient 5MEO-DMT), his interaction with the audience leads down many of the different roads that Daniel has traveled as he was gathering information for his books Breaking Open the Head, and 2012 The Return of Quetzalcoatl. Daniel is also the co-founder of RealitySandwich.com, The Evolver Network, and the Center for Planetary Culture.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/NKpbU1oZP_E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/NKpbU1oZP_E/451-PinchbeckPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/451PinchbeckPN2014/451-PinchbeckPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/451PinchbeckPN2014/451-PinchbeckPN2014.mp3450-TMcKenna: "The Primacy of Direct Experience"Mon, 18 May 2015 10:51:01 -0700https://archive.org/download/450TMcKennaPrimacy/450-TMcKennaPrimacy.mp3consciousness, future, psychedelicsIn this, the closing session of a June 1994 workshop led by Terence McKenna he tells us directly what he thinks this human life is actually about. And he calls this the primacy of direct experience while focusing on the present-at-hand. He also considers the possibility that there will be no major event to take place in 2012. In the Q&A he explains what he thinks is the soul. He then goes on to discuss the philosopher's stone among other things.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fecxTbT6lzI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fecxTbT6lzI/450-TMcKennaPrimacy.mp3https://archive.org/download/450TMcKennaPrimacy/450-TMcKennaPrimacy.mp3https://archive.org/download/450TMcKennaPrimacy/450-TMcKennaPrimacy.mp3449-TMcKenna: "McKenna's Speculations About 2012"Mon, 11 May 2015 11:49:36 -0700https://archive.org/download/449TMcKenna2012Speculations/449-TMcKenna2012Speculations.mp32012, futureIn this continuation of a Terence McKenna workshop from June 1994, he does brief riffs about Joyce's “Finnegan's Wake” and Orwell's “1984”. He then continues with some speculations about what he thought 2012 would bring. Step 1, he speculated, would be that everyone in the world would go outdoors and get naked. And from there he takes off on a wild flight of mind that you have to hear for yourself to truly appreciate his relationship (at that time) to a potential 2012 event. Ultimately he reaches a point where he speculates about why it was (and still is) necessary for a species like us humans to evolve.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EVdNUofKHOo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EVdNUofKHOo/449-TMcKenna2012Speculations.mp3https://archive.org/download/449TMcKenna2012Speculations/449-TMcKenna2012Speculations.mp3https://archive.org/download/449TMcKenna2012Speculations/449-TMcKenna2012Speculations.mp3448-Kastrup: "The Cosmic Nervous System"Mon, 4 May 2015 13:07:40 -0700https://archive.org/download/448KastrupCosmicNvSys/448-KastrupCosmicNvSys.mp3consciousness, metaphysicsToday Bernardo Kastrup returns to the salon with more metaphysical speculations. Supplementing his recently released book, “Brief Peeks Beyond,” he touches on the so-called hard problem of consciousness faced by materialists. In his examination of the dominant materialistic world view, Bernardo reveals the forces behind our value systems, which in turn determine our behavior. He ends with some very concrete suggestions for five things each of us can do to make the world a little better. However, my favorite section of this talk comes when he suggests that cosmic consciousness at-large may actually be experiencing what we humans call multiple personality disorder.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/brZIxGifD4Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/brZIxGifD4Y/448-KastrupCosmicNvSys.mp3https://archive.org/download/448KastrupCosmicNvSys/448-KastrupCosmicNvSys.mp3https://archive.org/download/448KastrupCosmicNvSys/448-KastrupCosmicNvSys.mp3447-Various: "Manifesting New Communities"Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:33:57 -0700https://archive.org/download/447ShonaghLa01/447-ShonaghLa01.mp3eco-community, community, psychedelics, medicine womenIn this wide-ranging conversation between two experienced medicine women, in addition to talking about shamanism and psychedelic medicines, such as magic mushrooms, MDMA, LSD, and others, they also venture into such diverse areas as aliens and language. Most importantly, they talk about Atlan, which was co-founded by La Laurien. Atlan is a living and learning ecovillage dedicated to the artful co-creation of healthy living systems celebrating the connectedness and diversity of all Life. The village is located in the Columbia River Gorge.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/KSe3JR5pwuI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/KSe3JR5pwuI/447-ShonaghLa01.mp3https://archive.org/download/447ShonaghLa01/447-ShonaghLa01.mp3https://archive.org/download/447ShonaghLa01/447-ShonaghLa01.mp3446-TMcKenna: "Closing In On Concrescence"Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:05:19 -0700https://archive.org/download/446TMcKennaClosingIn/446-TMcKennaClosingIn.mp3psychedelic plants, psychedelics, shamanism, 2012In this talk, Terence McKenna tells some stories about how Gordon Wasson was first led to investigating the mushrooms of Mexico, and of possible use of magic mushrooms by the Sufi's. We also get to hear one of the rare instances where the bard McKenna gives us his opinion about 5MEO-DMT, as contrasted with his primary psychedelic substance of interest, NN-DMT. Going on, he speaks about drugs grown out of cultured amphibian skin, and about ways to enhance certain psychedelics. At one point Terence takes off on what can only be called an anti-Myan rant, something I haven't heard him say before. This talk also contains the most detailed and specific accounting of what he thinks would happen on December 21, 2012 that I have ever heard Terence McKenna give.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/shjg7ER87jw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/shjg7ER87jw/446-TMcKennaClosingIn.mp3https://archive.org/download/446TMcKennaClosingIn/446-TMcKennaClosingIn.mp3https://archive.org/download/446TMcKennaClosingIn/446-TMcKennaClosingIn.mp3445-Various: "Navigating the Ayahuasca Experience"Mon, 13 Apr 2015 11:46:13 -0700https://archive.org/download/445ShonaghMeriana01/445-ShonaghMeriana01.mp3psychedelics, ayahuasca, deathIn today's podcast we get to listen in on a conversation between Shonagh Home and Meriana Dinkova. Meriana received her initial training in psychology studies at Vienna University and at the Free University in Berlin. And in 2003 she completed her MA in Counseling Psychology at the California Association of Integral Studies in San Francisco. In 2010 Meriana started two different monthly Meetups, which have been successfully running since: “Get Out Of Your Own Way- Conquering Self Sabotage” and “Sex Magic”- www.meetup.com/SexMagicSF. She has also been a featured speaker at the Visionary Voices Salon in SF where she talked about Sex Magic and different uses of sexual energy to enhance awareness.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/y58-L7K1Dqw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/y58-L7K1Dqw/445-ShonaghMeriana01.mp3https://archive.org/download/445ShonaghMeriana01/445-ShonaghMeriana01.mp3https://archive.org/download/445ShonaghMeriana01/445-ShonaghMeriana01.mp3444-TMcKenna: "The Longest 100 Seconds You Will Ever Know"Mon, 6 Apr 2015 09:59:19 -0700https://archive.org/download/444TMcKenna100Minutes/444-TMcKenna100Minutes.mp3DMT, psychedelics, psilocybin, deathToday's talk by Terence McKenna takes us on an in-depth description of what he experiences on a DMT trip. While it is a story that we have heard before in various guises, Terence once again manages to tell his DMT stories in a way that makes it seem like you are hearing it for the first time, and with new detail if that can be imagined. Who else, for example, would describe a DMT trip as feeling like you are a baby in a maternity ward's playpen. And this was new for me, at one point Terence says that when it comes to DMT, “I like to do it outside on a sunny hillside.” His description of a new delivery method that he was developing for smoked DMT sounds almost medieval. Followers of Terence will find his answer about his health quite revealing. And in regards to machine elves, et al, he says it's all a lie, but a lie which points toward a truth that cannot be told. If you only intend to listen to Terence McKenna talk about DMT one time, then this is the talk for you.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/xEoDBSDqaCk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/xEoDBSDqaCk/444-TMcKenna100Minutes.mp3https://archive.org/download/444TMcKenna100Minutes/444-TMcKenna100Minutes.mp3https://archive.org/download/444TMcKenna100Minutes/444-TMcKenna100Minutes.mp3443-Wirt: "The Legendary Venice Salon"Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:33:13 -0700https://archive.org/download/443WirtAware01/443-WirtAware01.mp3salons, conversation, psychedelics, organizationToday we feature a talk given by Kathleen Wirt, the hostess of the legendary salon that took place in Venice, California. While the stories Kathleen tells are of interest from an historical point of view, they are also very informative for anyone who is also interested in starting a salon in their area. Kathleen's talk was given at the inaugural session of the Aware Project Salon, which has picked up the torch and is carrying this work to a new generation. You may know about Leary and McKenna, but if you don't know about Kathleen's Venice Salon you only have part of the historical story.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/5N7Vis1Ja_E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/5N7Vis1Ja_E/443-WirtAware01.mp3https://archive.org/download/443WirtAware01/443-WirtAware01.mp3https://archive.org/download/443WirtAware01/443-WirtAware01.mp3442-TMcKenna: "The Extraterrestrials Are Here!"Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:51:06 -0700https://archive.org/download/442TMcKennaExtraterrestrials/442-TMcKennaExtraterrestrials.mp3psychedelics, mushrooms, alien intelligenceThis is another Terence McKenna talk that is difficult to pin down with a single title. Among the various topics that could have served as a title for this podcast were “Nobody Has A Clue” ... “Teledildonics and Other Stuff” ... “Walking to Zubenelgenubi” ... “A Technology of the Imagination” and “Shamanicly Directed Technology”. And then there were these quotes: “Meditation and all these other things I take to be co-options organized by beastly hoards of priests.” And “One of the most uncool things you can say to another human being is, 'Could you explain to me what it is I just said?'” And near the end of this talk he talks about his ideas for teaching others how to properly use psychedelics.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/vTm2_YhB6VM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/vTm2_YhB6VM/442-TMcKennaExtraterrestrials.mp3https://archive.org/download/442TMcKennaExtraterrestrials/442-TMcKennaExtraterrestrials.mp3https://archive.org/download/442TMcKennaExtraterrestrials/442-TMcKennaExtraterrestrials.mp3441-TMcKenna: "The Technology of Spirituality"Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:17:39 -0700https://archive.org/download/441TMcKennaSpiritualTech/441-TMcKennaSpiritualTech.mp3psychedelics, future, Internet, Moby DickPicking up on the June 1994 Terence McKenna workshop that we have been listening to, we are treated to some interesting observations by the bard which include: “If you've never read Moby Dick you certainly should. It's a crash course in psychedelic metaphysics.” “The Net is a tremendous permission for eccentricity.” And concerning the so-called eternal laws of nature, he asks, “Where were these eternal laws of nature before this universe existed?” And, “Were were the laws of gene segregation before there were any genes in the universe?” Another interesting comment from this talk that took place over 20 years ago is: “When the democratic crunch hits, democratic values will go down the drain long before they turn off the lights and stop delivering the food.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/htXD-x-lvo0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/htXD-x-lvo0/441-TMcKennaSpiritualTech.mp3https://archive.org/download/441TMcKennaSpiritualTech/441-TMcKennaSpiritualTech.mp3https://archive.org/download/441TMcKennaSpiritualTech/441-TMcKennaSpiritualTech.mp3440-TMcKenna: "The Tao of the Ancestors"Mon, 9 Mar 2015 12:41:26 -0700https://archive.org/download/440TMcKennaAncestorTao/440-TMcKennaAncestorTao.mp3shamanism, psychedelics, evolution, time, consciousnessToday we continue with the June 1994 Terence McKenna workshop. In this segment he discusses human evolution, time consciousness, the taxonomy of hallucination, and Gain intent among other things. And as to history he says, “We have thought of history as something that we do. History is something that is done to us, and therefore we are not responsible. This is the first thing to understand. History is a process. It's like waves in the ocean, and you are a cork.” Shamanism is also touched upon as in, “A human being is a kind of a plant/animal combination when they are at perfection. That's why shamanism is such a high ideal, because what shamanism really is is a symbiosis with the plant world.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/otzh8H8y4VM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/otzh8H8y4VM/440-TMcKennaAncestorTao.mp3https://archive.org/download/440TMcKennaAncestorTao/440-TMcKennaAncestorTao.mp3https://archive.org/download/440TMcKennaAncestorTao/440-TMcKennaAncestorTao.mp3439-TMcKenna: "A Resolute Optimist of a Complicated Sort"Sun, 1 Mar 2015 11:36:16 -0800https://archive.org/download/439TMcKennaResoluteOptimist/439-TMcKennaResoluteOptimist.mp3psychedelics, shamanism, consciousness, evolutionToday we begin listening to the beginning of a week-long workshop that Terence McKenna gave in June of 1994. Early on, when describing his personal view of the world, he called himself “a resolute optimist of a complicated sort,” which seems to cover a lot of ground. Some of his more interesting thoughts from this talk include: “Consciousness seeks the shape of its vessel. It's like water.” . . . “I will attempt to convert you in the course of these meetings to all kinds of things that I don't believe.” . . . “At the center of the archaic impulse is the shaman. At the center of the shaman's understanding of the world is the boundary-dissolving experience of psychedelics.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/2AadPsgRG50" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/2AadPsgRG50/439-TMcKennaResoluteOptimist.mp3https://archive.org/download/439TMcKennaResoluteOptimist/439-TMcKennaResoluteOptimist.mp3https://archive.org/download/439TMcKennaResoluteOptimist/439-TMcKennaResoluteOptimist.mp3438-Lorenzo: "2015 Pledge Drive & Book Announcement"Sun, 1 Mar 2015 11:34:54 -0800https://archive.org/download/438LorenzoPledge2015/438-LorenzoPledge2015.mp3podcasts, novelsThis podcast announces our 2015 fund drive. Each year, during the month of March, we accept donations that go toward paying the expenses associated with these podcasts. In addition to these donations, the salon is also financed by Lorenzo's book sales. And this podcast also announces an updated, paperback edition of his novel, The Genesis Generation. Everyone who makes a donation (regardless of its amount) during this years' fund drive will receive a PDF version of this newly edited and updated novel.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/KZAw6J1p8FA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/KZAw6J1p8FA/438-LorenzoPledge2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/438LorenzoPledge2015/438-LorenzoPledge2015.mp3https://archive.org/download/438LorenzoPledge2015/438-LorenzoPledge2015.mp3437-Various: "Integrating Sexuality & Spirituality"Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:11:13 -0800https://archive.org/download/437HomeEspinoza/437-HomeEspinoza.mp3sexuality, psychedelics, medicine womenToday we feature a conversation about psychedelics, sexuality, and the dark side of ayahuasca tourism. And the conversation is between two highly experienced medicine women, Shonagh Home and Yalila Espinoza, Ph.D. Yalila's Ph.D. studies and diverse training in Integrating Sexuality & Spirituality have inspired her to create the Spiritual Erotic Awakening model ~ body centered practices that supports your connection with joy and sensual pleasure. She offers private coaching sessions, on-line IRIS training and a 7 wk ‘MIND YOUR HEART’ program that taps into your brilliant mind and activates heart centered creativity.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Bxcuyt1u8HY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Bxcuyt1u8HY/437-HomeEspinoza.mp3https://archive.org/download/437HomeEspinoza/437-HomeEspinoza.mp3https://archive.org/download/437HomeEspinoza/437-HomeEspinoza.mp3436-Goodell: "Behind the Scenes at Burning Man"Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:41:39 -0800https://archive.org/download/436GoodellPN2014/436-GoodellPN2014.mp3Burning Man, festivals, event organizationToday we feature a conversation that Burning Man CEO, Marian Goodell (Maid Marion to old burners) had with John Gilmore and the audience at the Palenque Norte lectures held at Camp Soft Landing in 2014. Whether you have never been to Burning Man or are a long time burner, you will find Marian's discussion of the difficulties and rewards involved in producing a massive event like Burning Man fascinating. In particular she speaks about the importance of the world-wide burner community that has grown so large in recent years. A few thoughts from Maid Marion: “I don't think Burning Man is the solution. I think that we are a really powerful gravitational force, and mixed with other cultures and other groups, that's what's powerful.” . . . “The biggest problem I think Burning Man has is translating what people think is Burning Man into what really is Burning Man.” . . . “I want people to see Burning Man as really a state of mind in their heart.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/rY7B_6ErUPA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/rY7B_6ErUPA/436-GoodellPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/436GoodellPN2014/436-GoodellPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/436GoodellPN2014/436-GoodellPN2014.mp3435- Korsakova: "The Neuroscience of Music"Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:52:31 -0800https://archive.org/download/435KorsakovaPN2014/435-KorsakovaPN2014.mp3music, consciousness, psychedelics, neuroscienceToday's podcast features the 2014 Palenque Norte Lecture given by Dr. Marina Korsakova. Marina is a professional pianist and scholar in music cognition. Her research is focused on emotional responses to music and on the perception of melodic transformation. Currently, Marina teaches Music Cognition at Touro College. She performs regularly as a member of Union City Chamber Players, and she is an author of books and scientific papers. Her latest book, “Music as Magical Journey: A Story of Tonal Gravity, Melodic Objects, and Motion in Tonal Space,” makes a friendly introduction into the science of music. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/AOVskl1ZeKc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/AOVskl1ZeKc/435-KorsakovaPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/435KorsakovaPN2014/435-KorsakovaPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/435KorsakovaPN2014/435-KorsakovaPN2014.mp3434-Kastrup: "The Metaphysics of the Psychedelic Experience"Tue, 3 Feb 2015 14:32:38 -0800https://archive.org/download/434Kastrup0215/434-Kastrup0215.mp3metaphysics, psychedelics, philosophyToday we feature philosopher and computer scientist Bernardo Kastrup, who recorded this program specifically for the salon. In this wide ranging discussion about the nature of reality and ways in which the psychedelic experience can shed new light on the subject, Bernardo comes as close as I have yet heard to describing what most consider to be an ineffable experience. In essence, he cleanly dissects the psychedelic experience in very clear language. Besides discussing death, the nature of divinity, and how very real things are in a psychedelic experience, he gives us a beautiful metaphor to use when thinking about our own place in the cosmos. Two of my favorite quotes from this talk are: “It is not the mind that is in the body. It is the other way around. It's the body that is in the mind.” And, “I believe that the key insight from the psychedelic experience, the key metaphysical insight about it, is not what the nature of the psychedelic realm is. In fact, I think the key insight is about the nature of our everyday reality.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/XSGZ-a6HyPQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/XSGZ-a6HyPQ/434-Kastrup0215.mp3https://archive.org/download/434Kastrup0215/434-Kastrup0215.mp3https://archive.org/download/434Kastrup0215/434-Kastrup0215.mp3433-Razam: "Consciousness Browsers"Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:02:18 -0800https://archive.org/download/433RazamPN2014/433-RazamPN2014.mp3consciousness, psychedelics, ayahuascaToday's podcast features Rak Razam's 2014 Palenque Norte Lecture, which was originally titled “Cosmic Consciousness To Convergence: Activating the Species.” As you can see, I have shortened it to a phrase that Rak used in his talk, “Consciousness Browsers,” which is an excellent way to describe the psychedelic experience. During his talk, Rak ranges from a discussion of his research into the shamanic use of ayahuasca, to black holes, consciousness as a bit torrent, and the concept of a species swarm. One of my favorite quotes from this talk is: “The heroic thing really is doing what needs to be done, or discovering something of value, and bringing it back and sharing it with the tribe.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/u-ChJNkTPao" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/u-ChJNkTPao/433-RazamPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/433RazamPN2014/433-RazamPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/433RazamPN2014/433-RazamPN2014.mp3432-Various: "GAPS, MAPS, and PTSD"Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:39:40 -0800https://archive.org/download/432TomlinsonHopePN2014/432-TomlinsonHopePN2014.mp3psychedelic research, student associations, PTSDToday's podcast features two of the Palenque Norte Lectures that were given at Burning Man in 2014. The first talk is by Katie Tomlinson, founder of GAPS, the psychedelic student organization at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. For anyone interested in establishing student groups on other campuses this talk has some great pointers for you . Following Katie's talk we hear Rick Doblin, the founder of MAPS, introduce Rachel Hope, a participant in one of the MDMA studies sponsored by his organization. Rachel tells her amazing story of a very long struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how the treatment being perfected by Dr. Michael Mithoefer and his wife Annie has cured her of PTSD.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/8f08NGOZ_G4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/8f08NGOZ_G4/432-TomlinsonHopePN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/432TomlinsonHopePN2014/432-TomlinsonHopePN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/432TomlinsonHopePN2014/432-TomlinsonHopePN2014.mp3431-Various: "That Voice In Your Head"Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:40:34 -0800https://archive.org/download/431BarbaletStone/431-BarbaletStone.mp3Language, psychedelics, MDMA, consciousnessToday's podcast features a conversation between fellow podcasters Tom Barbalet and Heron Stone. Their discussion centers on what we have all come to think of as that voice in our head. As you will hear, it may not be anything like what you think it is. As Heron Stone says, “The idea for me is really very simple, break the identification with the voice in your head. It's not who you are. It's just your language machine. And you'll be in a much better position to evaluate your experience and formulate new actions if you language machine isn't filling your head with a bunch of stupid, really bad ideas.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/eAhSqQv3k5g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/eAhSqQv3k5g/431-BarbaletStone.mp3https://archive.org/download/431BarbaletStone/431-BarbaletStone.mp3https://archive.org/download/431BarbaletStone/431-BarbaletStone.mp3430-TMcKenna: "The Danger is Madness"Wed, 7 Jan 2015 13:28:55 -0800https://archive.org/download/430TMcKennaMadness/430-TMcKennaMadness.mp3death, madness, psychedelicsTerence begins by telling us that he was “a very weird kid” and that his behavior must have alarmed his parents. From there he describes his youth as that of being bullied constantly. His solution to this problem was unique McKenna, he said that he held the bullies at bay by telling stories and becoming the court jester, which answers a lot of questions about the path that his life eventually took. In a rap about the wonders of cannabis he calls the plant “the pilot light of Gian consciousness.” And while discussing the potential dangers of using psychoactive substances, (his answer being the title to this podcast) he goes on to say, “If you're truly psychedelic, the difference between living and dying is quite immaterial. No pun intended.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/gtAE2g5oG3w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/gtAE2g5oG3w/430-TMcKennaMadness.mp3https://archive.org/download/430TMcKennaMadness/430-TMcKennaMadness.mp3https://archive.org/download/430TMcKennaMadness/430-TMcKennaMadness.mp3429-TMcKenna: "Leprechauns, Elves, or Dead Souls?"Wed, 31 Dec 2014 15:39:23 -0800https://archive.org/download/429TMcKennaElfOrLep/429-TMcKennaElfOrLep.mp3psychedelics, dmt, afterlife, leprechauns, elvesI'm not sure how to describe a talk in which Terence McKenna covers patenting of DNA, morphogenic fields, call waiting, the end of history, Christianity, and using virtual reality to explore pharmacological states. He ends with a nuanced version of his machine elf story by combining several of his other far out ideas and ends with one of the best description/analysis raps of the DMT experience that I've yet heard from him, since it includes something new in his telling of how the elves greet him. A couple of interesting quotes from this talk are: “The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it's just a gloss. I mean, they're small, and they have the archetype. They're more like leprechauns, and this maybe raises a racial issue.” and “So when you look at the eschaton what you see, strangely enough, is your own face.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qVnfP_-HVsE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qVnfP_-HVsE/429-TMcKennaElfOrLep.mp3https://archive.org/download/429TMcKennaElfOrLep/429-TMcKennaElfOrLep.mp3https://archive.org/download/429TMcKennaElfOrLep/429-TMcKennaElfOrLep.mp3428-TMcKenna: "Aliens from Hyperspace"Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:19:31 -0800https://archive.org/download/428TMcKenna199305/428-TMcKenna199305.mp3psychedelics, psilocybin, cultureIn this podcast, Terence McKenna's speculations about the sort of intelligence that seems to reach out to us during psilocybin intoxication are quite interesting, including the thought that perhaps it is actually a form of human consciousness that is reaching out to us from the future. You don't get much more McKennaesque that that, although he comes close several more times in this talk. His starting point for these speculations is: “After you fiddle with psilocybin for a while the question of whether or not there is an alien intelligence becomes moot.” There is some vintage McKenna here, including his statement that “I cannot imagine America legalizing cannabis.” The date of this talk was May 1993. Following Terence McKenna's talk, Lorenzo continues with a story about how an almost insignificant act changed our world.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/iiyUzT8RVoo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/iiyUzT8RVoo/428-TMcKenna199305.mp3https://archive.org/download/428TMcKenna199305/428-TMcKenna199305.mp3https://archive.org/download/428TMcKenna199305/428-TMcKenna199305.mp3427-Various: "Stand Up And Be Counted!"Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:07:44 -0800https://archive.org/download/427HagertyAndHedges/427-HagertyAndHedges.mp3activism, revolution, torture, demonstrations, war on drugs, racismToday's podcast is takes a slightly different tack from our usual fare. In the first part Lorenzo gets on his soapbox to encourage you to become more involved in the mass movements that have begun to appear around the world. The last part of the program features a recent talk given by Chris Hedges where he sounds a call to the barricades with thoughts such as: “You can't use the word 'liberty' when your government watches you 24 hours a day. That's the relationship of a master and a slave.” Also Lorenzo reads a few selected paragraphs from Hedges essay titled, “Let's Get The Class War Started.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/R22BSnKe2ME" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/R22BSnKe2ME/427-HagertyAndHedges.mp3https://archive.org/download/427HagertyAndHedges/427-HagertyAndHedges.mp3https://archive.org/download/427HagertyAndHedges/427-HagertyAndHedges.mp3426-TMcKenna: "Alien Footprints"Mon, 8 Dec 2014 12:23:04 -0800https://archive.org/download/426McKennaAlienFootprints/426-McKennaAlienFootprints.mp3psilocybin, evolution, culture, psychedelicsIn today's podcast we once again join Terence McKenna for the opening session of a weekend workshop. As usual, he covered a wide range of topics including some speculation on the source of the visions experienced in a psychedelic state. He also describes his “conscious political agenda” in writing “Food of the Gods”. My favorite quotes from this talk include: “No theory of consciousness is going to be worth anything that doesn't come to terms with the perturbation of consciousness by drugs.” And “Culture is about to go hyperdimentional. That's what's creating the crisis at the end of history.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/PkJDk5TmhSU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/PkJDk5TmhSU/426-McKennaAlienFootprints.mp3https://archive.org/download/426McKennaAlienFootprints/426-McKennaAlienFootprints.mp3https://archive.org/download/426McKennaAlienFootprints/426-McKennaAlienFootprints.mp3425-Gilmore: "Drug Policy, Technology and Everything Else"Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:43:23 -0800https://archive.org/download/425GilmorePN2014/425-GilmorePN2014.mp3War on Drugs, MDMA, psychedelics, NSA spyingToday we feature another of the 2014 Palenque Norte Lectures that was held at Burning Man. Our speaker is John Gilmore, high tech guru and co-founder of the Electric Frontier Foundation (EFF). In this talk, which was driven by questions from the audience,John covers NSA spying, crypto currencies and the blockchain, corporate spying on individuals, whistle blowers, the Open Source software movement, and the massive influence that psychedelics have had on the development of high tech.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/lBzyc23WiSU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/lBzyc23WiSU/425-GilmorePN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/425GilmorePN2014/425-GilmorePN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/425GilmorePN2014/425-GilmorePN2014.mp3424-Various: "The Magic of Language"Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:50:44 -0800https://archive.org/download/424ShonaghDiana01/424-ShonaghDiana01.mp3Language, psychedelics, culture, technologyToday's podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and Diana Reed Slattery, author of The Maze Game. Diana's next book is Xenolinguistics: Psychedelics and Language at the
Edge of the Unspeakable. The book is based on her Ph.D. research, involving an 11 year psychonautic exploration of an alien language, Glide. Diana's Ph.D. work also involved becoming an expert on the ways in which Terence McKenna used language.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/tjpAJkDpV5g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/tjpAJkDpV5g/424-ShonaghDiana01.mp3https://archive.org/download/424ShonaghDiana01/424-ShonaghDiana01.mp3https://archive.org/download/424ShonaghDiana01/424-ShonaghDiana01.mp3423-McKenna: "Is There Hope In All Of This?"Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:19:23 -0800https://archive.org/download/423McKennaHopeInThis/423McKennaHopeInThis.mp3Psychedelics, civilization, futureToday's podcast brings the final session of a 1992 workshop that was led by Terence McKenna. Like most of his wrap-up sessions, he uses the time to tie up any loose ends from previous days, which brings a wide range of topics including what he intended on doing should the 2012 event prove to be a dud. As he points out in this talk, his Timewave theory was destined, one way or another, to self-destruct at the end of 2012. Interesting quotes include: “You may miss the end of the world, but you definitely are going to have a front row seat for the end of your world.” and “Capitalism is a gun pointed at the head of global civilization.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/d-hxfYv1shU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/d-hxfYv1shU/423McKennaHopeInThis.mp3https://archive.org/download/423McKennaHopeInThis/423McKennaHopeInThis.mp3https://archive.org/download/423McKennaHopeInThis/423McKennaHopeInThis.mp3422-Heckman: "Visualizing the Psychedelic Experience Using Computer Graphics"Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:13:01 -0800https://archive.org/download/422HeckmanPN2014_201510/422-HeckmanPN2014.mp3Psychedelics, computing, CGI, FX, visual effectsToday I am featuring another of the 2014 Palenque Norte lectures. This one was delivered by Niles Heckman who has been an On-Set Visual Effects Supervisor, responsible for overseeing plate photography with New Line Cinema, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, and Marvel Studios. And over his more than 15 year-long career he has been a member of three Academy Award winning teams. In his talk, Niles provides us with some of the nitty gritty details involved in creating some of the more spectacular special effects used by the motion picture industry. And in particular he explains how difficult it is to create psychedelic art using computer graphics.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/5k0GkqDyjxs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/5k0GkqDyjxs/422-HeckmanPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/422HeckmanPN2014_201510/422-HeckmanPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/422HeckmanPN2014_201510/422-HeckmanPN2014.mp3421-TMcKenna: "Personal Implications of a DMT Flash"Mon, 3 Nov 2014 12:50:19 -0800https://archive.org/download/421TMcKennaImplications/421-TMcKennaImplications.mp3DMT, psychedelics, psychedelic research, La ChorreaIn a continuation of this February 1992 workshop led by Terence McKenna we begin with him describing his state of mind after his very first DMT experience, and we end with him describing his state of mind at the end of the La Chorrera experience. In between we are treated to such things as a funny exchange with the audience about why there are no emergency room visits caused by smoking DMT. Also, this talk includes one of his most descriptive explanations about exactly how to smoke DMT. And not to miss is his rap about the so-called meme-traders and how he thought he cheated them.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4xfwdYnZsPY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4xfwdYnZsPY/421-TMcKennaImplications.mp3https://archive.org/download/421TMcKennaImplications/421-TMcKennaImplications.mp3https://archive.org/download/421TMcKennaImplications/421-TMcKennaImplications.mp3420-Norquist: "Grover Norquist at Burning Man"Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:15:45 -0700https://archive.org/download/420NorquistPN2014/420-NorquistPN2014.mp3Politics, psychedelics, tax policy, war on drugsThe final speaker at the 2014 Palenque Norte Lectures, which are held at Burning Man each year, was Grover Norquist. According to Wikipedia, “... he is an American political advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases and a co-founder of the Islamic Free Market Institute. A libertarian-leaning Republican, he is the primary promoter of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.” While to those who haven't yet had an opportunity to attend Burning Man, his attendance at such an event may seem unlikely, in the extensive Q&A that followed his brief talk, it is quite evident that he has many admirers on the playa. I think that you will be fascinated as he very candidly discusses not just tax matters but also touches on what he thinks about Burning Man itself, as well as his position regarding psychedelics, legalizing cannabis, and mandatory minimum sentencing.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/JpPLv6GUgCA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/JpPLv6GUgCA/420-NorquistPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/420NorquistPN2014/420-NorquistPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/420NorquistPN2014/420-NorquistPN2014.mp3419-Various: "A Conversation from the Margins"Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:39:57 -0700https://archive.org/download/419LIllyNesa001/419-LIllyNesa001.mp3Culture, psychedelics, consciousness, honestyToday's podcast features a conversation to Lily Kay Ross and Nese Devenot who pose a number of challenging questions. One of the issues they raise regards the reluctance of some of us in the psychedelic community to discuss some of the serious problems that arise out of a false sense of protecting the reputation of us all. Hopefully this will be the beginning of an ongoing discussion of this important topic.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/szaTRuLIrEQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/szaTRuLIrEQ/419-LIllyNesa001.mp3https://archive.org/download/419LIllyNesa001/419-LIllyNesa001.mp3https://archive.org/download/419LIllyNesa001/419-LIllyNesa001.mp3418-TMcKenna: "Death By Astonishment"Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:12:10 -0700https://archive.org/download/418TMcKennaAstonishment/418-TMcKennaAstonishment.mp3DMT, psychedelics, language, shamanismIn today's continuation of a February 1992 Terence McKenna workshop he is confronted with one question to which he responds, “You may have just put me out of business.” He also discusses the possibility of attaining psychedelic states without the use of plants or chemicals, and he describes in detail what he considers to be a “true” psychedelic state. Along the way he also takes a controversial stand on the issue of psychedelics and spirituality. There are many other gems in this talk, including, “DMT is the strongest hallucinogen there is. If it's possible to get more loaded than that, I don't want to know about it.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/sh1JgMgnrW0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/sh1JgMgnrW0/418-TMcKennaAstonishment.mp3https://archive.org/download/418TMcKennaAstonishment/418-TMcKennaAstonishment.mp3https://archive.org/download/418TMcKennaAstonishment/418-TMcKennaAstonishment.mp3417-TMcKenna: "Earth Mind and Monkey Mind"Mon, 6 Oct 2014 12:51:48 -0700https://archive.org/download/417TMcKennaEarthMonkey/417-TMcKennaEarthMonkey.mp3Evolution, culture, psychedelics, war, languageToday we pick up on the next session of A Weekend With Terence McKenna that was held in February of 1992. As usual with a McKenna workshop, a wide variety of topics are touched on in a relatively short time. For example, he discusses the difference between the Gian hypothesis and the concept that the Earth is not just alive but that it is a minded intelligence as well. He asks the question: “If it's peculiar for a planet to have a mind, is it any less peculiar for a monkey to have a mind?” To cap it off he gives us a delightful little metaphor comparing the manufacture of LSD with the invention of agriculture and then goes on to reveal the secret agenda behind government attempts to eliminate all cannabis use. And he says, “Drug smuggling is like assassination, if the government isn't involved it never seems to really happen.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SrHdwQy6CqU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SrHdwQy6CqU/417-TMcKennaEarthMonkey.mp3https://archive.org/download/417TMcKennaEarthMonkey/417-TMcKennaEarthMonkey.mp3https://archive.org/download/417TMcKennaEarthMonkey/417-TMcKennaEarthMonkey.mp3416-TMcKenna: "McKenna: Psychedelics Are The Way Out"Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:31:02 -0700https://archive.org/download/416TMcKennaTheWayOut/416-TMcKennaTheWayOut.mp3Culture, psychedelics, historyIn this talk from February 1992, we get to hear Terence McKenna not only make his first public announcement about a new book he has written, we also learn something about the difficulties he had in getting published. My favorite quote of his from this talk is: “The clue that something weird is going on on this planet is ourselves. Obviously! I mean, we are like a fart at the opera.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/dRDbQZ2fqKs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/dRDbQZ2fqKs/416-TMcKennaTheWayOut.mp3https://archive.org/download/416TMcKennaTheWayOut/416-TMcKennaTheWayOut.mp3https://archive.org/download/416TMcKennaTheWayOut/416-TMcKennaTheWayOut.mp3415-Various: "A Conversation About Peyote"Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:43:06 -0700https://archive.org/download/415ShonaghCoyote/415-ShonaghCoyote.mp3peyote, psychedelics, native americansToday we join Shonagh Home in a conversation with Alyssum Old Coyote as they talk about peyote. In addition to describing the elements of a traditional peyote ceremony, we learn of the difficulties that Native American people have had in preserving these important ceremonies as well as stories about some of the astounding stories of healing that has been brought about through the proper use of the peyote plant.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/cu9keb3U-QQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/cu9keb3U-QQ/415-ShonaghCoyote.mp3https://archive.org/download/415ShonaghCoyote/415-ShonaghCoyote.mp3https://archive.org/download/415ShonaghCoyote/415-ShonaghCoyote.mp3414-Damer: "The Entheogenic Experience"Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:28:37 -0700https://archive.org/download/414DamerPN2014/414-DamerPN2014.mp3Psychedelics, consciousness, meditationToday's program features the first of the 2014 Palenque Norte lectures that were held at Burning Man. The speaker is Dr. Bruce Damer, and his talk, in a way, is at the end of the psychedelic spectrum from the discussion about plant medicines that we heard in my previous podcast. This time we get to explore the psychedelic experience from the perspective of my dear friend, who is also a geek like me. So today we will explore what could be called quantum psychedelics, and it includes meditation, yoga, and something you won't hear about very often, endogenous tripping. Oh, I almost forgot to mention Bruce's revolutionary idea for an implant that he calls “the Shulgin chip.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Xz_Tjx9ZjMw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Xz_Tjx9ZjMw/414-DamerPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/414DamerPN2014/414-DamerPN2014.mp3https://archive.org/download/414DamerPN2014/414-DamerPN2014.mp3413-Various: "Plant Medicines As Healing Agents"Sun, 7 Sep 2014 16:29:26 -0700https://archive.org/download/413WomenDiscussPlants/413-WomenDiscussPlants.mp3plant medicines, healing, transition, psychedelicsWe again join Shonagh Home, Neshay Devenot and Lily Kay Ross in a conversation centered on how plant and psychedelic medicines may used in ways that aid in healing and in improving self-awareness. Along the way we hear stories of some of the difficulties that they encountered not only as women in the psychedelic community, but also as young people coping with a rapidly changing world. And their discussion about ways in which some people use the power of psychedelics to manipulate (and in some cases even abuse) others is worth listening to more than once.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/5Ic7jO9peVA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/5Ic7jO9peVA/413-WomenDiscussPlants.mp3https://archive.org/download/413WomenDiscussPlants/413-WomenDiscussPlants.mp3https://archive.org/download/413WomenDiscussPlants/413-WomenDiscussPlants.mp3412-TMcKenna: "Permitting Smart People To Hope"Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:39:13 -0700https://archive.org/download/412TMcKennaSmartHope/412TMcKennaSmartHope.mp3philosophy, technology, psychedelicsAmong his catalog of paradigms that he believes are being challenged, Terence McKenna includes the uncertainty principle, about which he says more “muddle-headed prose” has been generated than around any other principle of physics. And while this talk was given in June of 1994, some 20 years before the events in Ferguson, MO, even back then you will hear him speaking about “the illusion of stability in social space.” Along the way, as always, he comes up with several captivating phrases, such as, “crazed monogamites and their dominator stooges.” Another thought of his, “The Earth is on the brink of the greatest change since the end of the mesozoic, but people don't like to think about that because all they can think about is the possibility of personal extinction.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/IKbLEFSObkk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/IKbLEFSObkk/412TMcKennaSmartHope.mp3https://archive.org/download/412TMcKennaSmartHope/412TMcKennaSmartHope.mp3https://archive.org/download/412TMcKennaSmartHope/412TMcKennaSmartHope.mp3411-TMcKenna: "Our Involvement With Matter"Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:24:33 -0700https://archive.org/download/411TMcKennaMatterInvolvement/411-TMcKennaMatterInvolvement.mp3Culture, Psychedelics, Future, CivilizationIn one of his more outrageous statements in this talk, this from a man who is known for his outrageous statements, was that social scientists “should find honest work”. At the end of this talk Terence takes off on an interesting riff wherein he speculates that our life here on Earth may have something to do with us learning how to interact with matter as a preparation for some future existence in dimensions yet unknown. If, he postulates, we are the only intelligent species in the universe, then, he asks, don't we have an obligation to announce ourselves to destinations that exist beyond the limits of our solar system.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Hj67MxJ-_GI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Hj67MxJ-_GI/411-TMcKennaMatterInvolvement.mp3https://archive.org/download/411TMcKennaMatterInvolvement/411-TMcKennaMatterInvolvement.mp3https://archive.org/download/411TMcKennaMatterInvolvement/411-TMcKennaMatterInvolvement.mp3410-:Various: "Women and Psychedelics, a Discussion"Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:58:18 -0700https://archive.org/download/410WomenDiscussPsychedelics/410-WomenDiscussPsychedelics.mp3Culture, women's issues, psychedelics, familyToday's podcast features a perspective of the psychedelic community that sometimes gets ignored, a woman's point of view. Shonagh Home is joined by Lilly Kay Ross, and Nese Devenot in a wide-ranging conversation about not only womens' roles in the community, but also how they are often perceived as second-class members of our community in many ways. While I am convinced that it is only the rare male psychonaught who is always a jerk, some of us have inadvertently slipped into jerkiness from time to time. This conversation may be just what us men need to hear.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/W231J7f6F7k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/W231J7f6F7k/410-WomenDiscussPsychedelics.mp3https://archive.org/download/410WomenDiscussPsychedelics/410-WomenDiscussPsychedelics.mp3https://archive.org/download/410WomenDiscussPsychedelics/410-WomenDiscussPsychedelics.mp3409-Various: "The Shulgin Memorial"Tue, 5 Aug 2014 17:08:46 -0700https://archive.org/download/409ShulginMemorial/409-ShulginMemorial.mp3Science, Chemistry, Chemish, Shulgin, Psychedelics, MDMA, PIKAL, TIKALOn August 2, 2014, a memorial was held for Sasha Shulgin. In addition to several of the talks that were presented that afternoon, Bruce Damer captured a few sound bites from those in attendance. At the end of the podcast you will also hear a short segment from one of the famous “Ask the Shulgins” conversations.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/azoIF914FQ0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/azoIF914FQ0/409-ShulginMemorial.mp3https://archive.org/download/409ShulginMemorial/409-ShulginMemorial.mp3https://archive.org/download/409ShulginMemorial/409-ShulginMemorial.mp3408-TMcKenna: "What Do You Make Of This?"Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:16:25 -0700https://archive.org/download/408TMcKennaWhatMake/408-TMcKennaWhatMake.mp3time, nature, culture, psychedelicsAt one point in this talk, Terence says that “time is slippery” and “that's why I'm very sort of tongue-in-cheek about all these apocalyptic prophesies and when we get there and what will it be like.” He also is cornered by a questioner who presses him for a prediction about what will happen after the then-anticipated 2012 event. Another interesting observation he makes is that he thinks that Nature is “well pleased” with her human experiment. And on yet another tack, he says, “Ideologies are cultural memes. They are the most confining of the cultural memes. That's where culture gets real ugly. It is when you rub up against its ideologies.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/xrCzNr0xpMg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/xrCzNr0xpMg/408-TMcKennaWhatMake.mp3https://archive.org/download/408TMcKennaWhatMake/408-TMcKennaWhatMake.mp3https://archive.org/download/408TMcKennaWhatMake/408-TMcKennaWhatMake.mp3407-TMcKenna: "The Evolutionary Importance of Technology"Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:17:19 -0700https://archive.org/download/407TMcKennaTechEvolve/407-TMcKennaTechEvolve.mp3ayahuasca, culture, cyberspace, evolution, psychedelics, salvia divininorum, science, technologyThis talk, among other interesting topics, includes what I believe to be the most complete description that I have heard Terence McKenna give about his experiences with Salvia divinorum. He also has an interesting “reverse take” on what psychedelic ordeals in so-called primitive societies may actually mean in regards to breaking cultural barriers. And if I'm not mistaken, he even, back in August of 1989, predicted the arrival what today we call social media. But perhaps his most interesting idea in this talk is that we should consider using the world's mycelium already in the ground as the Internet's natural backbone in a world of the future “where the telephones look like mushrooms”.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fVdzhQ-WGYo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fVdzhQ-WGYo/407-TMcKennaTechEvolve.mp3https://archive.org/download/407TMcKennaTechEvolve/407-TMcKennaTechEvolve.mp3https://archive.org/download/407TMcKennaTechEvolve/407-TMcKennaTechEvolve.mp3406-Various: "Psychedelic Research Discussion Panel"Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:20:20 -0700https://archive.org/download/406PN2013Panel/406-PN2013Panel.mp3Medicine, Research, PsychedelicsIn today's podcast I play a recording of a panel discussion and Q&A session that took place at the 2013 Burning Man Festival with three people who are currently on the front lines of psychedelic research: Dr. Roland Griffiths, Dr. Alicia Danforth, and Gabrielle Agin-Liebes. This is an overview session covering a wide range of psychedelic research currently underway. Their detailed talks about their work is available in earlier podcasts. As an added bonus, we begin with a little surprise in that this panel was introduced by our late, dear friend, Daniel Jabbour, whose 2013 Palenque Norte lecture titled “Coming Out of the Psychedelic Closet” can be heard in podcast number 376.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9Q3qtqDPXSI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9Q3qtqDPXSI/406-PN2013Panel.mp3https://archive.org/download/406PN2013Panel/406-PN2013Panel.mp3https://archive.org/download/406PN2013Panel/406-PN2013Panel.mp3405-Lovering: "Marijuana At Your Corner Store"Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:03:29 -0700https://archive.org/download/405LoveringPN2013/405-LoveringPN2013.mp3Medicine, Cannabis, Marijuana, War on Drugs, MPPToday we travel back in time once again to the 2013 Burning Man Festival where Sarah Lovering gave a Palenque Norte Lecture detailing her work with the Marijuana Policy Project. It was MPP that led a coalition of cannabis activists over a several year period leading up to the legalization referendum in Colorado. Sarah not only explains how that campaign unfolded, but she goes on to describe the community's long term plans for the ultimate legalization of cannabis in the U.S.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/oHB4vucpwM0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/oHB4vucpwM0/405-LoveringPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/405LoveringPN2013/405-LoveringPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/405LoveringPN2013/405-LoveringPN2013.mp3404-TMcKenna: "A Survey of Shamanic Options"Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:33:47 -0700https://archive.org/download/404TMcKennaPlantSurvey/404-TMcKennaPlantSurvey.mp3Anthropology, Culture, Psychoactive Plants, PsychedelicsDuring the 1980's, before the birth of the Web, Terence McKenna's workshops were just about the only source of information about psychedelics that reached the streets. While there was some information about psychoactive plants available in professional journals and university libraries, it took Terence to pull out this information and repackage it for the rest of us. In this June 1989 workshop, he does what he did best back then, give us a detailed inventory, continent by continent, of the psychoactive plants native to each area, along with a brief history of how humans interacted with them in the distant past.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/WkifgrhID9E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/WkifgrhID9E/404-TMcKennaPlantSurvey.mp3https://archive.org/download/404TMcKennaPlantSurvey/404-TMcKennaPlantSurvey.mp3https://archive.org/download/404TMcKennaPlantSurvey/404-TMcKennaPlantSurvey.mp3403-Shulgin: "Sasha Shulgin: In His Own Words"Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:18:53 -0700https://archive.org/download/403ShulginTribute/403-ShulginTribute.mp3Chemistry, Psychedelics, MDMA, humanity, researchOn June 2, 2014 Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin passed on to his next adventure. Although this podcast is a tribute to his life and work, I have decided to let it be told mainly in his own words. First you will hear the audio portion of a video tribute to Ann and Sasha Shulgin. Following that is a short interview of Sasha that was conducted by Terence McKenna. In closing I play the famous talk that Sasha gave at the 1983 Psychedelics and Spirituality Conference.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/dOO37M3su_o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/dOO37M3su_o/403-ShulginTribute.mp3https://archive.org/download/403ShulginTribute/403-ShulginTribute.mp3https://archive.org/download/403ShulginTribute/403-ShulginTribute.mp3402 - Doblin: "Global Psychedelic Research Update"Tue, 3 Jun 2014 13:27:14 -0700https://archive.org/download/402DoblinPN2013/402-DoblinPN2013.mp3Medicine, research, medical research, MDMA, cannabis, marijuana, psychedelicsToday's program features the 2013 Palenque Norte Lecture given by Dr. Rick Doblin, founder and Executive Director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. In his talk, Dr. Doblin describes psychedelic research studies that are currently underway in Switzerland, Israel, Canada, and the U.S. Also, he explains one possible trajectory that the development of non-profit drug research may take in the field of psychedelics. In commenting on the studies that are administering psychedelic substances to people who are facing immanent death, Dr. Doblin explained why such studies are also helping society as a whole come to an acceptance of them. “We are all dying and we all have some anxiety about it. And so people are more scared of dying than they are of drugs. If we can show that people who are facing death can be assisted with psychedelics that's a powerful message.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/mEM5A0mQ6Q8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/mEM5A0mQ6Q8/402-DoblinPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/402DoblinPN2013/402-DoblinPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/402DoblinPN2013/402-DoblinPN2013.mp3401-Various: "Surveillance and Revolution"Mon, 26 May 2014 12:47:43 -0700https://archive.org/download/401SurveilRev/401-SurveilRev.mp3Surveillance, Revolution, NSA, Snowden, Greenwald, BitcoinToday's podcast once again focuses on the spirit of the Wave of Action currently underway. In a three part program, I first focus on the NSA spying revelations of Edward Snowden as told by Glenn Greenwald. Next I feature a talk by Sefan Molyneux about the revolutionary potential of a digital currency such as bitcoin. In conclusion I give a couple of my own ideas about ways in which whistle-blowers can be protected and narcs be recognized by using the Bitcoin protocol.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Aa20IPJGLLc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Aa20IPJGLLc/401-SurveilRev.mp3https://archive.org/download/401SurveilRev/401-SurveilRev.mp3https://archive.org/download/401SurveilRev/401-SurveilRev.mp3400-TMcKenna: "Time Travel, Psychedelics, & Physics"Sat, 17 May 2014 13:25:16 -0700https://archive.org/download/400TMcKennaTimeTravel/400-TMcKennaTimeTravel.mp3Physics, Psychedelics, Time TravelIn this final session of an August 1991 workshop, Terence McKenna provides a basket full of mind candy as he discusses time travel as well as the intersection of psychedelics and physics. At one point he explains precisely what he envisioned as the eschaton, the ultimate in boundary dissolution, which led to his rap about a possible ecology of souls (ancestors). My favorite quotes include: “When we really understand time travel we may find out it's as common as dirt and has been going on all around us is all kinds of physical processes.” And, “Our assumptions are the edges of our worlds.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/U0pU_hsVkOo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/U0pU_hsVkOo/400-TMcKennaTimeTravel.mp3https://archive.org/download/400TMcKennaTimeTravel/400-TMcKennaTimeTravel.mp3https://archive.org/download/400TMcKennaTimeTravel/400-TMcKennaTimeTravel.mp3399-TMcKenna: "We Are At The Cutting Edge"Mon, 5 May 2014 12:53:53 -0700https://archive.org/download/399TMcKennaCuttingEdge/399-TMcKennaCuttingEdge.mp3Reality, ConsciousnessIn this Terence McKenna cut-up we get to hear him cover topics that range from his favorites, like the great ape orgies on the plains of Africa, to thoughts on how art can save the world, with another another spin of the reality plate as well, not to mention his idea of the 'inrushing of the Gaian Mind' when taking psychedelics, which he suggests is the modern variant of an orgy. Eventually, we get to hear some of his ideas about time travel and the eschaton.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/gOM0ILbGa6A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/gOM0ILbGa6A/399-TMcKennaCuttingEdge.mp3https://archive.org/download/399TMcKennaCuttingEdge/399-TMcKennaCuttingEdge.mp3https://archive.org/download/399TMcKennaCuttingEdge/399-TMcKennaCuttingEdge.mp3398-TMcKenna: "Where Does Reality Begin & End"Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:10:03 -0700https://archive.org/download/398TMcKennaReality/398-TMcKennaReality.mp3Reality, Culture, PsychedelicsToday we re-join Terence McKenna for a talk that he gave one August night in 1991, his topic: Reality. Even for die-hard McKenna fans, this conversation with a few friends has some unexpected twists and turns as Terence follows the thread of questions from the room. His thoughts on the topic ranged from, “Reality is a naive concept and should probably be abandoned as quickly as possible.” To, “Culture is a kind of environment that we have learned how to interpose between ourselves and whatever is really out there.” And on to, “What the psychedelics seem to me to argue for is that reality is not reality. There may be no reality, but certainly this is not it. This is some kind of highly provisional, culturally sanctioned, hallucination that we are all participating in.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/0i9VMya_sq0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/0i9VMya_sq0/398-TMcKennaReality.mp3https://archive.org/download/398TMcKennaReality/398-TMcKennaReality.mp3https://archive.org/download/398TMcKennaReality/398-TMcKennaReality.mp3397-Various: "Art and Other Disruptive Technologies"Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:50:12 -0700https://archive.org/download/397aVariousArtTech/397a-VariousArtTech.mp3Art, Technology, Bitcoin, AnarchismToday we begin with another Palenque Norte Lecture from the 2013 Burning Man Festival. In his talk, artist Jon Isaac Mitchell presents an interesting hypotiesis that art is actually a technology. Jon is followed by Michael Goldstein who gives us a concise explanation of how bitcoin technology evolved and goes on to explain that cryptocurrency is only the tip of the bitcoin iceberg. And should you harbor fears that bitcoin is a government operation, there is this quote: “Satoshi could have been an NSA backed totalitarian, but his protocol is strictly anarchist. He could have easily been paid by the government to create it, but he created something that the government itself cannot shut down. And the protocol itself is strictly anti-government in the sense that it does not allow for government.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/d8eNAzkW93M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/d8eNAzkW93M/397a-VariousArtTech.mp3https://archive.org/download/397aVariousArtTech/397a-VariousArtTech.mp3https://archive.org/download/397aVariousArtTech/397a-VariousArtTech.mp3396-TMcKenna: "A Freely Evolving Topology of Light & Sound"Tue, 8 Apr 2014 12:54:40 -0700https://archive.org/download/396TMcKennaLightSound/396-TMcKennaLightSound.mp3Evolution, Psychedelics, Aliens, UFOs, Culture, LanguageToday we feature a talk given by Terence McKenna in June of 1984, which contains several kernels of thought that he developed more fully later in his career. One of his more interesting throw-away lines is that perhaps we should think of possible aliens in a way similar to how teenage boys think about the girl next door. Another interesting thought he discusses: “The world is not nearly as chaotic and random as we suppose. We are actually trapped inside a giant organism. And it is not Gaia. That's a much larger organism. We are trapped inside a large organism which is the human collectivity, and that's why we are such different monkeys.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/glfANIRAVy0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/glfANIRAVy0/396-TMcKennaLightSound.mp3https://archive.org/download/396TMcKennaLightSound/396-TMcKennaLightSound.mp3https://archive.org/download/396TMcKennaLightSound/396-TMcKennaLightSound.mp3395-Various: "#WaveOfAction"Thu, 3 Apr 2014 17:54:00 -0700https://archive.org/download/395WaveOfAction/395-WaveOfAction.mp3Culture, EvolutionThe Worldwide #WaveOfAction begins April 4, 2014 and runs through July 4, 2014. During this three-month cycle, people throughout the world will be protesting corruption, rallying around solutions and taking part in alternative systems. The new paradigm will be on full display. As our part in this WAVE, the salon will feature periodic reports from this global ripple in our species-consciousness. This is the first of those podcasts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/-MW0V64RJns" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/-MW0V64RJns/395-WaveOfAction.mp3https://archive.org/download/395WaveOfAction/395-WaveOfAction.mp3https://archive.org/download/395WaveOfAction/395-WaveOfAction.mp3394-Daley: "Shulgin Farm Research Update 2013"Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:47:51 -0700https://archive.org/download/394DaleyPN2013/394-DaleyPN2013.mp3Chemistry, Research, Sasha Shulgin, Shulgin, MDMA, Psychedelics, Psychedelic ResearchToday's podcast features the 2013 Palenque Norte Lecture by Dr. Paul Daley in which he talks about Sasha Shulgin, his life and his work. Paul is one of the key people who has stepped in to consolidate and continue the experimental research begun by Dr. Shulgin. In addition to telling about Sasha's chemical research, Dr. Daley also talks about some of the reasons Sasha has given for why he does what he does. And we also hear about some of the ongoing research taking place in Sasha's laboratory, including research into a possible remedy for cluster headaches.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/V8lsEkmmVZY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/V8lsEkmmVZY/394-DaleyPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/394DaleyPN2013/394-DaleyPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/394DaleyPN2013/394-DaleyPN2013.mp3393-Pinchbeck: "A Serious Look At Our Planetary Future"Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:26:58 -0700https://archive.org/download/393PinchbeckPN2013/393-PinchbeckPN2013.mp3Rudolph Stiener, reincarnation, ecology, shamanism, mysticism, planetary crisis, morphagenic fields, BitcoinToday we feature Daniel Pinchbeck's 2013 Palenque Norte Lecture. This talk/conversation took place late one night during the Burning Man Festival in the big tent at Camp Soft Landing, which hosted the annual lecture series. Prompted by questions from the audience, Daniel touches on a wide range of topics that included Rudolph Stiener, reincarnation, ecology, shamanism, mysticism, planetary crisis, morphagenic fields, and he even touches on Bitcoin. . . . “If you step back from it and really think about what the mass media does on a global scale, the most significant thing it does is coordinate behaviour.” -Daniel Pinchbeck<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/MfAzOk8ocrE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/MfAzOk8ocrE/393-PinchbeckPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/393PinchbeckPN2013/393-PinchbeckPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/393PinchbeckPN2013/393-PinchbeckPN2013.mp3392-Danforth-Grob: "Autism and MDMA: A New Research Study"Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:32:27 -0700https://archive.org/download/392DanforthGrob/392-DanforthGrob.mp3Medicine, Research, Autism, MDMAToday's podcast features a 2013 Palenque Norte lecture given by Alicia Danforth in which she tells about her work with the autistic community and their use of MDMA. Following that is a recording of a conversation with Alicia and Dr. Charlie Grob, who have just begun a new study to investigate the potential of using MDMA to help ease the social anxiety that is sometimes experienced by our friends and fellow saloners in the autistic community.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/miflBTECSqA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/miflBTECSqA/392-DanforthGrob.mp3https://archive.org/download/392DanforthGrob/392-DanforthGrob.mp3https://archive.org/download/392DanforthGrob/392-DanforthGrob.mp3391-TMcKenna: "Nothing Lasts"Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:59:00 -0700https://archive.org/download/391TMcKennaNothingLasts/391-TMcKennaNothingLasts.mp3Future, Psychedelics, Community, MindToday we come to the last session of a workshop that Terence McKenna led in February of 1994. Although he concludes the workshop with an emphasis on the fact that nothing lasts and everything is constantly changing, several other topics are discussed as well. For example Terence explains how he came up with the titles for his books. My favorite topic from this conversation is a discussion about playing chess while under the influence of LSD. He does, however, get serious about chess when he says, “In a sense, chess is like good practice for shamanism, because good chess players see deeply into the future. That's how you win chess games.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/8nTb5dff2ZY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/8nTb5dff2ZY/391-TMcKennaNothingLasts.mp3https://archive.org/download/391TMcKennaNothingLasts/391-TMcKennaNothingLasts.mp3https://archive.org/download/391TMcKennaNothingLasts/391-TMcKennaNothingLasts.mp3390-TMcKenna: "Monogamy, Marriage, and Neurosis"Sun, 2 Mar 2014 16:13:14 -0800https://archive.org/download/390TMcKennaMMandN/390-TMcKennaMMandN.mp3Family, Sex, Evolution, Culture, PsychedelicsIn today's podcast, Terence McKenna describes his Utopian ideal of a world with only one man for every three women. A few interesting quotes include: “This nuclear family thing is, I think, part of the root of our problem, that it is an engine for the production of neurotic, dysfunctional people.” . . . and “If guys really got as much sex as they think they want they would probably hand over the machinery of civilization without a fight.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/wDSb29kMy24" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/wDSb29kMy24/390-TMcKennaMMandN.mp3https://archive.org/download/390TMcKennaMMandN/390-TMcKennaMMandN.mp3https://archive.org/download/390TMcKennaMMandN/390-TMcKennaMMandN.mp3389-TMcKenna: "Gathering Momentum for a Leap"Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:04:47 -0800https://archive.org/download/389TMcKennaLeapMomentum/389-TMcKennaLeapMomentum.mp3CultureToday's podcast continues with the February 1994 Terence McKenna workshop in which he says, among other things: “The 20th century is a great gathering for a leap, and the 19th century was the century of the gentleman.” and “Whether we can actually make a new world is not clear because the momentum of the past is very great.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/CL_ac7L6sM8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/CL_ac7L6sM8/389-TMcKennaLeapMomentum.mp3https://archive.org/download/389TMcKennaLeapMomentum/389-TMcKennaLeapMomentum.mp3https://archive.org/download/389TMcKennaLeapMomentum/389-TMcKennaLeapMomentum.mp3388- Greer: "Wherever You Are, Be There!"Fri, 7 Feb 2014 13:37:55 -0800https://archive.org/download/388GreerPN2013/388-GreerPN2013.mp3Consciousness, Psychedelics, Meditation, BitcoinToday we return to the 2013 Palenque Norte Lectures at the Burning Man Festival. Our featured speaker is Dr. George Greer, M.D. who among other things is a co-founder, medical director, and secretary of the Heffter Research Institute, which has been at the forefront of psychedelic research since 1993. In this talk, Dr. Greer explains some mental exercises that have the potential to move your consciousness up a level or so and 'on the natch'. As one of the early researchers into MDMA (Ecstasy), George has some professional insights about the drug, such as: “My thought about MDMA is that it blocks the fear response to a perceived emotional threat.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/YTNrx26Fzmk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/YTNrx26Fzmk/388-GreerPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/388GreerPN2013/388-GreerPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/388GreerPN2013/388-GreerPN2013.mp3387-TMcKenna: "February 1994 Workshop Introduction"Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:53:38 -0800https://archive.org/download/387TMcKennaFeb94/387-TMcKennaFeb94.mp3Psychedelics, Internet, ReincarnationOne term that he uses in this talk is something that must have been used frequently before, however, I don't remember hearing about “the DEFINING dose” before. Additionally, Terence gives a beautifully word-sculpted description of the increasingly complex layers involved in visual hallucinations. Another interesting comment he made was that he would be signing into the Internet for his first time. Also his somewhat negative view of the Net at that time is quite interesting in light of his highly positive view of the Net just a few years later. Finally, near the end of this talk he tells us what he thinks about reincarnation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/AfRI0YIpqwc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/AfRI0YIpqwc/387-TMcKennaFeb94.mp3https://archive.org/download/387TMcKennaFeb94/387-TMcKennaFeb94.mp3https://archive.org/download/387TMcKennaFeb94/387-TMcKennaFeb94.mp3386-TMcKenna: "Loose Ends Time"Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:58:54 -0800https://archive.org/download/386TMcKennaLooseEnds/386-TMcKennaLooseEnds.mp3archaic revival, psychedelics, languageToday we join Terence McKenna for the final session of a weekend workshop that was held in May of 1990. Here he lets the workshop attendees direct the conversation by asking question, among which are: 1. What does archaic revival mean? 2. Do you think one day psychedelics will be legal and encouraged? 3. Will you talk more about seeing language? 4. Why do you focus so much on visual hallucinations? 5. Who or what do you think these psychedelic entities are? And 6. How do you invoke a conversation with the mushroom? One of my favorite McKenna quotes from this conversation is, “You talk about a well-kept secret that's only two tokes away? How do they keep the lid on this? That's the miracle to me. How do they keep the lid on this?” [smoked NN-DMT]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/1Fr-mO_6-hc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/1Fr-mO_6-hc/386-TMcKennaLooseEnds.mp3https://archive.org/download/386TMcKennaLooseEnds/386-TMcKennaLooseEnds.mp3https://archive.org/download/386TMcKennaLooseEnds/386-TMcKennaLooseEnds.mp3385-Griffiths: "Current Psychedelic Research"Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:05:06 -0800https://archive.org/download/385GriffithsPN2013/385-GriffithsPN2013.mp3Psychedelics, Medicine, Science“Psilocybin is a pharmacological tool that helps people recognize how it feels to embody the present moment. And that's exactly the same of meditation. It's about bringing yourself into the present moment.”
-Roland Griffiths
In this wide-ranging report on the current state of psychedelic research being conducted at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Roland Griffiths talks about the work that is being done by a team of researchers who are investigating psychedelic medicines and psychedelic states of consciousness. Dr. Griffiths speaks about their research into the character of one's personality in regards to how a psychedelic experience may affect a person's openness to the experiences of life. Another interesting area that his research group is investigating is the intersection of psilocybin and meditation, a discussion of which takes up a significant part of this talk.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/pNviIg3qCUA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/pNviIg3qCUA/385-GriffithsPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/385GriffithsPN2013/385-GriffithsPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/385GriffithsPN2013/385-GriffithsPN2013.mp3384-Oak: "Sex, Aging, and Psychedelics"Mon, 6 Jan 2014 18:37:34 -0800https://archive.org/download/384AnnieOakPN2013/384-AnnieOakPN2013.mp3Sexuality, Aging, PsychedelicsToday we feature a Palenque Norte Lecture given by Annie Oak at the 2013 Burning Man Festival. This groundbreaking founder of the Woman's Visionary Congress continues to push the envelope of psychedelic discussion into two of the most important issues of all to humans, sexuality and aging. Additionally, Annie issues several challenges to us all as we continue to expand our own consciousnesses.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/AcJmGdFHL5s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/AcJmGdFHL5s/384-AnnieOakPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/384AnnieOakPN2013/384-AnnieOakPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/384AnnieOakPN2013/384-AnnieOakPN2013.mp3383-TMcKenna: "A Psychedelic Point of View"Fri, 27 Dec 2013 14:27:39 -0800https://archive.org/download/383TMcKennaPsyPOV/383-TMcKennaPsyPOV.mp3Language, Culture, PsychedelicsIn a somewhat meandering discourse, Terence reveals (among other things) his thoughts about the possibilities of an afterlife, particularly in light of what he knows about shamanism. He then goes on to give an interesting critique of monotheism, saying, among other things, “It's the monotheistic religions that have to take a real knock for the present situation.” His comments on language and culture include: “Language is something unfinished in us. It is something that was catalyzed out of animal organization by hallucinogenic activation of brain states, and it is something that is in the act of perfecting itself.” . . . “When you go into a culture, you're going to make a choice. And all cultures represent narrowing of choices.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ouEXYtF19PY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ouEXYtF19PY/383-TMcKennaPsyPOV.mp3https://archive.org/download/383TMcKennaPsyPOV/383-TMcKennaPsyPOV.mp3https://archive.org/download/383TMcKennaPsyPOV/383-TMcKennaPsyPOV.mp3382-TMcKenna: "The Psychedelic Option"Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:42:07 -0800https://archive.org/download/382TMcKennaPsyOption/382-TMcKennaPsyOption.mp3Psychdelics, Culture, FutureOnce again we join Terence McKenna for a romp through his fascinating mind. While the main thrust of his comments deal with the imagination and the concept of spirituality, he also chases a few eternal questions such as, “What do you think is going on? What do you think this is all about? Who do you think you are? What do you think English is? How do you really cognize notions like the future, the past, where I've been, what I want?” Unfortunately, he doesn't directly answer these questions but rather provides us with a few more analytical tools to help us answer these questions on our own. My favorite quote from this talk is, “And, in fact, the evidence is building that our style of society is the historical equivalent of a temper tantrum.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/kyLNoHZE9To" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/kyLNoHZE9To/382-TMcKennaPsyOption.mp3https://archive.org/download/382TMcKennaPsyOption/382-TMcKennaPsyOption.mp3https://archive.org/download/382TMcKennaPsyOption/382-TMcKennaPsyOption.mp3381-TMcKenna: "A Stiff Dose of Psychedelics"Mon, 9 Dec 2013 16:52:05 -0800https://archive.org/download/381TMcKennaStiffDose/381-TMcKennaStiffDose.mp3Psychedelics, Virutal Reality, Evolution, CultureThis podcast begins a series of talks from a Terence McKenna workshop that was held in May of 1990. In this presentation we hear Terence's introductory remarks at the opening session. Topics touched upon include “Archaic Virtual Reality” and “How Do We Say It Right?”. Two of my favorite quotes from this lecture are: “Outlandish things are going on inside the psychedelic experience. It seems to imply the thing we had hardly dared hope, which is that the world is whatever you say it is if you know how to say it right.” and “Science fiction I really consider a proto-psychedelic drug, because what science fiction does is it gives permission to imagine.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ARULMcBABks" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ARULMcBABks/381-TMcKennaStiffDose.mp3https://archive.org/download/381TMcKennaStiffDose/381-TMcKennaStiffDose.mp3https://archive.org/download/381TMcKennaStiffDose/381-TMcKennaStiffDose.mp3380-Lorenzo: "Confessions of an Ecstasy Advocate"Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:06:51 -0800https://archive.org/download/380LorenzoStarckProject/380-LorenzoStarckProject.mp3MDMA, Esctasy, Dallas, Starck ClubThis relatively short podcast features the audio portion of a film by Tom Huckabee and George Wada in conjunction with “The Starck Project”, a documentary soon to be released. The short film consists primarily of an interview with Lorenzo Hagerty dealing with the introduction of MDMA (Ecstasy) to the street scene in Dallas, Texas during the 1980s.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SmhgcNAaNC0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SmhgcNAaNC0/380-LorenzoStarckProject.mp3https://archive.org/download/380LorenzoStarckProject/380-LorenzoStarckProject.mp3https://archive.org/download/380LorenzoStarckProject/380-LorenzoStarckProject.mp3379-Starfox: "Divine Androgyny"Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:33:19 -0800https://archive.org/download/379StarfoxPN2013/379-StarfoxPN2013.mp3Androgyny, Transgender, LBGTThis podcast features Jae Starfox's 2013 Palenque Norte Lecture, which was delivered at the Burning Man Festival. In their talk, Jae provides a candid look into some of the issues that transgender people are faced with as they make their way through a sometimes less than friendly world. As more and more people are beginning to deal with their own gender related issues, this talk provides some little discussed but very important information. Following Jae's talk I play a short segment from my interview on the Joe Rogan podcast in which we also discuss gender issues.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/amDsXDeeJE4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/amDsXDeeJE4/379-StarfoxPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/379StarfoxPN2013/379-StarfoxPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/379StarfoxPN2013/379-StarfoxPN2013.mp3378-TMcKenna: "A Psychedelic Point of View"Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:41:20 -0800https://archive.org/download/378PsychedelicPOV/378PsychedelicPOV.mp3Psychedelics, Culture, SocietyToday we are going to be hearing the final session of a month long workshop that Terence McKenna led in June of 1989. While he again covers a wide range of topics, this is one of his more impassioned talks, and it remains right on point in today's world. One of his more interesting raps is his take on what he calls the priesthood of science and promotes instead a psychedelic point of view, which he defines as: “A psychedelic point of view means a point of view which honors consciousness.” And for those of us who are constantly trying to better understand the cosmos he has these words of wisdom: “You do not measure the depth of a universal mystery with the neural network of a primate. . . . Our role is not to understand but to appreciate.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/WgKvW5ASql8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/WgKvW5ASql8/378PsychedelicPOV.mp3https://archive.org/download/378PsychedelicPOV/378PsychedelicPOV.mp3https://archive.org/download/378PsychedelicPOV/378PsychedelicPOV.mp3377-TMcKenna: "An Ecology of Souls"Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:50:53 -0800https://archive.org/download/377TMcKennaSoulEcology/377-TMcKennaSoulEcology.mp3Consciousness, Creativity, Death, PsychedelicsToday we pick up with the next to last installment of a workshop given by Terence McKenna in the Summer of 1989. In addition to the title that I've given this talk, topics include: “Reason, Intuition, & Evolution”, “There is a Telos of Some Sort”, “Alchemy and Evolution”, “Designing Our Future”, “Evolution and Revolution”, “The Month of Remember”, “Flux is the Only Standard”, “Changing Our Archetypes”, “The Last Illusion”, “An Ecology of Souls”. Among many interesting quotes from this talk is this one: “Do we know what we behold? We need to know what we behold because inevitably we become what we behold.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/5Kf4q4E7n2A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/5Kf4q4E7n2A/377-TMcKennaSoulEcology.mp3https://archive.org/download/377TMcKennaSoulEcology/377-TMcKennaSoulEcology.mp3https://archive.org/download/377TMcKennaSoulEcology/377-TMcKennaSoulEcology.mp3376-Jabbor: "Coming Out of the Psychedelic Closet"Tue, 5 Nov 2013 19:35:03 -0800https://archive.org/download/376JabborPN2013/376-JabborPN2013.mp3Culture, War on Drugs, Psychedelics, Student ActivistsFor anyone under the age of 30, this may be the most important podcast in the salon. Daniel Jabbor is a young entrepreneur and drug policy activist who, among many other accomplishments, and in a very short period of time, founded the now 4,000+ strong Psychedelic Society of San Francisco. Today's podcast features two of Daniel's talks, one from the recent Palenque Norte Lecture Series at the 2013 Burning Man Festival, and another from a psychedelic conference at which he detailed some of the successes of the SSDP, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. No matter what your age, this is an important message for you to think about. If you know history, you know that quite often it is the young people who are the ones to change its course. These talks by Daniel Jabbor will give you more positive hope for the future than you have had in a long time.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/zMvbu8emIE8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/zMvbu8emIE8/376-JabborPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/376JabborPN2013/376-JabborPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/376JabborPN2013/376-JabborPN2013.mp3375-Adams: "Story Time with Ken Adams"Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:41:05 -0700https://archive.org/download/375AdamsPN2013/375-AdamsPN2013.mp3Psychedelics, Culture, EvolutionToday we get to hear another of the Palenque Norte Lectures that were held at the 2013 Burning Man Festival. This talk features the artist, experimental film maker, micro-publisher, and media developer, Ken Adams, who for many years was a close friend and neighbor of the late Terence McKenna. You will be delighted with some of the true stories Ken tells as we get to wander with him through the mind of a uniquely creative artist. Also, I tell a couple of my 'grandfather stories', and we finish with Ron Shock telling the greatest dope story ever.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fvQer8te3DI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fvQer8te3DI/375-AdamsPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/375AdamsPN2013/375-AdamsPN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/375AdamsPN2013/375-AdamsPN2013.mp3374-TMcKenna: "Bootstrapping Ourselves"Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:22:14 -0700https://archive.org/download/374TMcKennaBootstrap/374TMcKennaBootstrap.mp3Culture, Psychedelics, Community, RevolutionIn today's lecture, which was given in the summer of 1989, Terence McKenna begins by talking about some of the things that he finds strange about numbers. From there he goes on to tell a few new and funny stories from his adventure at La Chorera. He then goes on to challenge the psychedelic community to take a closer look at itself in regards to if (and if not why not) we have used these medicines to actually become better people. The question he poses is: “Do we embody the radiant correctness of what we say we are pursuing.” He also tells us how he now views the “Sixties”.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6hF4BMUzcQc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6hF4BMUzcQc/374TMcKennaBootstrap.mp3https://archive.org/download/374TMcKennaBootstrap/374TMcKennaBootstrap.mp3https://archive.org/download/374TMcKennaBootstrap/374TMcKennaBootstrap.mp3373-TMcKenna: "Thoughts About Gnosticism, Art, and Music"Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:50:09 -0700https://archive.org/download/373GnostArtMusic/373-GnostArtMusic.mp3Gnosticism, Art, MusicContinuing with our Terence McKenna workshop we join him in discussion various topics that are raised by the attendees. In one rap he talks about the repugnance of being a slave to an ideology and says, “And that what we really want, in the domain of planning, is an abandonment of ideology, that ideology is poisonous, all ideology is poisonous.” and then goes on to the importance of being a heretic and says, “You just can't go wrong as a heretic, because they're always vindicated.” and “Permission for heresy is never a bad idea.” Among other topics, Terence also tells us what he originally dreamed of as a career when he was young, along with some of his thoughts about music.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Qu1o22ZAI30" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Qu1o22ZAI30/373-GnostArtMusic.mp3https://archive.org/download/373GnostArtMusic/373-GnostArtMusic.mp3https://archive.org/download/373GnostArtMusic/373-GnostArtMusic.mp3372-TMcKenna: "The Intentionality of Meaning"Tue, 8 Oct 2013 18:10:10 -0700https://archive.org/download/372TMcKennaMeaning/372-TMcKennaMeaning.mp3Language, Psychedelics, Culture, Politics, War on DrugsToday we again join Terence McKenna in a 1989 workshop where he explores language in the context of the War on Drugs. Some of my favorite quotes from this talk include: “The world is not made of anti-mu mesons, quarks, and photons, and electromagnetic fields. Reality is made of words.” . . . “Culture is more and more consciously becoming a project carried out in the domain of language by, for instance, propaganda both governmental and commercial.” . . . and “Television, introduced at the close of World War II, has become a form of electronic heroin, and it isn't even your trip. They don't even let you go on your own trip, you get a trip designed by Madison Avenue.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/1ja-Id7Ga2U" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/1ja-Id7Ga2U/372-TMcKennaMeaning.mp3https://archive.org/download/372TMcKennaMeaning/372-TMcKennaMeaning.mp3https://archive.org/download/372TMcKennaMeaning/372-TMcKennaMeaning.mp3371-Gilmore: "Civil Rights In Cyberspace"Wed, 2 Oct 2013 11:13:44 -0700https://archive.org/download/371GilmorePN2013/371-GilmorePN2013.mp3Internet, Privacy, NSA, Spying, War on Drugs, Cannabis, Marijuana, EFFToday we feature the first of the 2013 Palenque Norte Lectures that were held at the recent Burning Man Festival, and our guest speaker is John Gilmore, who among many other accomplishments is a co-founder of the Electric Frontier Foundation (EFF). John is also a board member of the Marijuana Policy Project and of MAPS. In his talk he touches on the future of drug legalization in the U.S. as well as several topics concerning the work of EFF in light of the recent revelations about the U.S. Government's systematic program of spying on all of its citizens in ways that would put the now defunct Soviet Union to shame.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/0HohnZIMtWw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/0HohnZIMtWw/371-GilmorePN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/371GilmorePN2013/371-GilmorePN2013.mp3https://archive.org/download/371GilmorePN2013/371-GilmorePN2013.mp3370-TMcKenna: "Modeling Human History"Sun, 29 Sep 2013 16:19:02 -0700https://archive.org/download/370TMcKennaHistoryMap/370-TMcKennaHistoryMap.mp3History, Evolution, ConsciousnessToday Terence McKenna picks up his inquiry into the concept of time from the standpoint of human history. He points out that, in the overall history of the planet, the sum total of human history is, in the amount of time it has covered, like a lightening strike. Also, he gives a more complete explanation of the workings of the I Ching. My favorite quote from this talk, which I'm not sure I completely understand, is: “We are like coral animals in a vast reef of excreted technological material that is wired for solid state data transfer.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/uaIjpPgN_AA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/uaIjpPgN_AA/370-TMcKennaHistoryMap.mp3https://archive.org/download/370TMcKennaHistoryMap/370-TMcKennaHistoryMap.mp3https://archive.org/download/370TMcKennaHistoryMap/370-TMcKennaHistoryMap.mp3369-TMcKenna: "Timothy & Terence"Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:57:04 -0700https://archive.org/download/369LearyMcKenna1991/369-LearyMcKenna1991.mp3Culture, Psychedelics, Archaic, AlchemyToday's podcast features that legendary night in June of 1991 where, in Los Angeles, Dr. Timothy Leary introduced Terence McKenna, who delivered the evening's lecture. His topics included a plea for the preservation of the Rainforest and alchemy, among other things. Here are a couple of my favorite quotes from this talk: “What 'psychedelic' means is getting your mind out in front of you, by whatever means necessary, so that you can relate to it as a thing in the world and then work upon it.” And one of my all-time favorites, “You've been told from the cradle that the deck was stacked against you, fall of man, original sin, and so forth and so on. It's bullshit. It's absolute bullshit.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/B9o7ohIo7J4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/B9o7ohIo7J4/369-LearyMcKenna1991.mp3https://archive.org/download/369LearyMcKenna1991/369-LearyMcKenna1991.mp3https://archive.org/download/369LearyMcKenna1991/369-LearyMcKenna1991.mp3368-TMcKenna: "Psychedelics and the Feminine"Mon, 9 Sep 2013 16:44:21 -0700https://archive.org/download/368TMcKennaPsyFem/368-TMcKennaPsyFem.mp3Culture, Psychedelics, DMT, Feminine, Gaia, AliensIn this installment of a June 1989 workshop, Terence McKenna adds a few new twists to some of his often-told tales, for example, by comparing a DMT trip to an automobile accident. Also, for the first time that I remember hearing it, he gives a very interesting opinion about where you GO when you smoke DMT. And I'm not talking about where to go in this physical universe, but about 'WHERE' the place is, and WHAT the place is that you seem to be in while you are in the thrall of the experience. He concludes by comparing our current human situation to that of the apes in the movie 2001 who were dancing around the monolith. In our case the monolith is psychedelic substances. All we know right now, he says, is that we've discovered something that may be as important to us as fire.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/S274b28P8co" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/S274b28P8co/368-TMcKennaPsyFem.mp3https://archive.org/download/368TMcKennaPsyFem/368-TMcKennaPsyFem.mp3https://archive.org/download/368TMcKennaPsyFem/368-TMcKennaPsyFem.mp3367-TMcKenna: "The Evolution of a Psychedelic Thinker"Mon, 2 Sep 2013 13:55:24 -0700https://archive.org/download/367TMcKennaPsychedelicEvolution/367-TMcKennaPsychedelicEvolution.mp3Evolution, Psychedelics, CultureTerence begins by telling us that even as a child he was what we now call psychedelic, and it was then that he decided he would “entertain any idea but believe in nothing”. From there we are treated with a romp through the evolving mind of Terence McKenna, who, as usual, touches on a wide variety of topics in the introduction to a workshop that was held in June of 1989. Some of his thought-provoking comments include: “Nothing is as boundary dissolving, except for psychedelic compounds, as travel. Travel is up there.” . . . “Without an understanding and a familiarity of the psychedelic experience you should be sued for fraud if you're practicing psychotherapy.” . . . “What the psychedelics are for us as a species, rather than for each one of us as an individual, what they are for us as a species is an enzyme that catalyzes the language-making capacity.” . . . And famously: “I have nothing but scorn for all weird ideas other than my own.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/XdyJ9uyvISU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/XdyJ9uyvISU/367-TMcKennaPsychedelicEvolution.mp3https://archive.org/download/367TMcKennaPsychedelicEvolution/367-TMcKennaPsychedelicEvolution.mp3https://archive.org/download/367TMcKennaPsychedelicEvolution/367-TMcKennaPsychedelicEvolution.mp3366-TMcKenna: "Suggested Reading List"Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:34:17 -0700https://archive.org/download/366TMcKennaReadingList/366TMcKennaReadingList.mp3Books, Culture, Time, PsychedelicsThis is the final segment of a workshop that Terence McKenna led over the Easter Weekend in 1988. It begins with Terence giving his recommended psychedelic reading list of more than a dozen books. (Links to them may be found in today's program notes.) He then moves on to a discussion of what he calls “one of the most mysterious passages in the New Testament. This leads to his story of the experiment in La Chorrera but in a way that I don't remember hearing before. Quite descriptive of interesting mind-states. One of my favorite quotes from this talk is, “We are at such a primitive stage of culture that we haven't yet understood what time is.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/i4kqvfIbIgI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/i4kqvfIbIgI/366TMcKennaReadingList.mp3https://archive.org/download/366TMcKennaReadingList/366TMcKennaReadingList.mp3https://archive.org/download/366TMcKennaReadingList/366TMcKennaReadingList.mp3365-TMcKenna: "Effects of Psychedelics on Society"Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:45:59 -0700https://archive.org/download/365TMcKennaSocietyEffects/365-TMcKennaSocietyEffects.mp3Culture, Psychedelics, Sixties, ShamanismToday's podcast features the next installment of a 1988 workshop that was let by Terence McKenna. Among other interesting topics he covers here is his take on the drug culture of the 1960s and how the lack of a shamanism model for LSD caused some unforeseen consequences and why what he calls “the first psychedelic revolution” got into trouble. A couple of my favorite sound bites from this conversation include: “And science, when it examines psychedelics, as it will and must, is going to discover a revolution, I believe, that will put all the previous revolutions in perspective.” And, speaking about science, “Nobody should be allowed more than fifty years to get their act together.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/rXg-W0CRsfc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/rXg-W0CRsfc/365-TMcKennaSocietyEffects.mp3https://archive.org/download/365TMcKennaSocietyEffects/365-TMcKennaSocietyEffects.mp3https://archive.org/download/365TMcKennaSocietyEffects/365-TMcKennaSocietyEffects.mp3364-TMcKenna: "Communicating with the Mushroom"Sun, 11 Aug 2013 11:10:15 -0700https://archive.org/download/364TMcKennaLightIIIAB/364-TMcKennaLightIIIAB.mp3Psychedelics, Psilocybin, DMT, ConsciousnessToday we begin the Q&A session from another Terence McKenna workshop. As usual, the topics covered were quite wide-ranging. Here are a few of my favorite quotes: “What you call man is time.” [Quoting the mushroom.] . . . “What happens with DMT is you leap over all the barriers in the first few seconds. Unlike mushrooms where over hours and hours on a high dose you might navigate yourself to the center of the Mandela, DMT is like being struck by metaphysical lightening.” . . . “History is the siren song of the soul.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/mKJRVDJr_w0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/mKJRVDJr_w0/364-TMcKennaLightIIIAB.mp3https://archive.org/download/364TMcKennaLightIIIAB/364-TMcKennaLightIIIAB.mp3https://archive.org/download/364TMcKennaLightIIIAB/364-TMcKennaLightIIIAB.mp3363-Stolaroff: "A Venice Beach Salon"Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:49:43 -0700https://archive.org/download/363StolaroffKathleens/363-StolaroffKathleens.mp3Consciousness, Psychedelics, Albert HofmannIn the spring of 2006, at Kathleen's Salon in Venice Beach, California, Robert Forte and Myron Stolaroff came to tell their stories about the recent festivities in Basil, Switzerland that celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD. After telling a little about the Hofmann event, Myron read part of the talk that he gave in Basil. From there, the conversation ranged widely eventually ending with an argument about the Kennedy assassination.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fOtOueotzy0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fOtOueotzy0/363-StolaroffKathleens.mp3https://archive.org/download/363StolaroffKathleens/363-StolaroffKathleens.mp3https://archive.org/download/363StolaroffKathleens/363-StolaroffKathleens.mp3362-Leary: "Flashbacks"Sat, 3 Aug 2013 14:54:00 -0700https://archive.org/download/362LearyFlashbacks/362-LearyFlashbacks.mp3Culture, History, PsychedelicsToday's podcast features Dr. Timothy Leary reading a few selected chapters from his autobiography, Flashbacks. Interestingly, he begins this recording with Chapter 19, which details with his departure from Harvard. The last chapter that he included on this tape ends with his escape, barely, from prison. Of course, since we now know the rest of the story, the relief he obviously felt after escaping was very short lived. One of his more amusing quotes from this reading is when he called Harvard University a “finishing school for Fortune 500 executives”.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/NF8HJMTwPB0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/NF8HJMTwPB0/362-LearyFlashbacks.mp3https://archive.org/download/362LearyFlashbacks/362-LearyFlashbacks.mp3https://archive.org/download/362LearyFlashbacks/362-LearyFlashbacks.mp3361-Lorenzo: "Catlin's Salon"Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:50:55 -0700https://archive.org/download/361LorenzoGenGen9/361-LorenzoGenGen9.mp3Salons, ConsciousnessToday's podcasts is from the audio book edition of my novel, The Genesis Generation. It consists of a reading of Chapter 9, Catlin's Salon. This is a fictional account of what was once the most fashionable psychedelic salon on the West Coast. Once each month, for more than eight years, an amazing group of people would gather to discuss a mind-numbing array of topics. And while the story line in my novel is obviously fictional, the backdrop of the salon itself is described as best I can . . . and as best that I now remember, looking back after so many years that have passed since those wondrous meetings of the L.A. Chapter of the Albert Hofmann Society.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/jPaEq1ZSL1M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/jPaEq1ZSL1M/361-LorenzoGenGen9.mp3https://archive.org/download/361LorenzoGenGen9/361-LorenzoGenGen9.mp3https://archive.org/download/361LorenzoGenGen9/361-LorenzoGenGen9.mp3360-Shonagh: "Medicine Oracle & Spellbreaker"Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:11:11 -0700https://archive.org/download/360ShonaghEastWest/360-ShonaghEastWest.mp3Shamanism, Psychedelics, HealingToday we feature a talk given by Shonagh Home at the East West Bookstore in Seattle, Washington early in 2013. Shonagh is an author, shaman and spell breaker, who takes her students beyond the cultural mass-trance and into the territory of the sacred. In the Pacific Northwest she teaches workshops that are deeply transformative, helping people to release from old behavior patterns and access a wealth of inner resources. She says about herself, “I think of myself as a spiritual warrior, and a spiritual warrior seeks to know, they are on a quest to know.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Nhwb-_rCt-4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Nhwb-_rCt-4/360-ShonaghEastWest.mp3https://archive.org/download/360ShonaghEastWest/360-ShonaghEastWest.mp3https://archive.org/download/360ShonaghEastWest/360-ShonaghEastWest.mp3359-TMcKenna: "The Real Message of Psychedelics"Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:17:31 -0700https://archive.org/download/359TMcKennaRealMessage/359-TMcKennaRealMessage.mp3Psychedelics, Drug EducationWhile once again the discussion varied widely from topic to topic, one of the most interesting parts of this recording is where Terence reveals his thoughts about how to teach children about psychedelic medicines. His bottom line on this is to be truthful and avoid hypocrisy. Perhaps the most interesting comment he makes though is when he says what he intends to do on December 22, 2012 if nothing happens. Also there is a fascinating discussion about how and when to tell your children that you are psychedelic.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/1N25t2w-8HA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/1N25t2w-8HA/359-TMcKennaRealMessage.mp3https://archive.org/download/359TMcKennaRealMessage/359-TMcKennaRealMessage.mp3https://archive.org/download/359TMcKennaRealMessage/359-TMcKennaRealMessage.mp3358-TMcKenna: "This Psychedelic Thing"Thu, 4 Jul 2013 15:39:20 -0700https://archive.org/download/358TMcKennaPsyThing/358-TMcKennaPsyThing.mp3Psychedelics, Psilocybin, CultureWe continue today with a workshop led by Terence McKenna in August of 1993. Since the topics covered depended upon the questions that the participants asked, a wide range of subjects is again covered. One interesting side story he touches on is that while he often described parts of DMT visions as containing jeweled Faberge eggs, he admits that he could also have described them in other ways as well. Also, he gives his opinion about both the New Age and so-called modern science. One of my favorite quotes from this talk is: “One of the motivations for my career is to get other people to check [DMT] out, because here is truly confounding data that you don't have to make an expedition to the heart of the Amazon, or battle your way through hours of waves of nausea and dark spaces, chanting your mantra obsessively. I mean, when you smoke DMT, 30 seconds later you're in the presence of the unspeakable, and the show is going full blast.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/YNJO0zLP9vs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/YNJO0zLP9vs/358-TMcKennaPsyThing.mp3https://archive.org/download/358TMcKennaPsyThing/358-TMcKennaPsyThing.mp3https://archive.org/download/358TMcKennaPsyThing/358-TMcKennaPsyThing.mp3357-TMcKenna: "Fungi Questions"Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:13:33 -0700https://archive.org/download/357McKennaFungiQuestions/357-McKennaFungiQuestions.mp3Psychedelics, Psilocybin, ConsciousnessHe gets off to a quick start by speculating about what would happen if we could all create an accurate virtual reality simulation of our psychedelic experiences and then share them with one another. Once he gets really warmed up he takes off on a critique of Christianity that you won't want to miss. Next he expands on the idea that only Islam provides what some people consider to be 'traditional' values. And then, of course, there is the mushroom: “The fungi became, or is for some mysterious reason still to be discovered, a pipeline into a mind, an entelechy, which we can only image as feminine and can only associate somehow to the environment, to the ecosystem. This is the Gaian mind. This is what the goddess really is. The goddess is a network of connective intelligence that is operating on this planet.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/93HgZ6vg_I0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/93HgZ6vg_I0/357-McKennaFungiQuestions.mp3https://archive.org/download/357McKennaFungiQuestions/357-McKennaFungiQuestions.mp3https://archive.org/download/357McKennaFungiQuestions/357-McKennaFungiQuestions.mp3356-TMcKenna: "The Psychedelic 'Religious' Agenda"Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:58 -0700https://archive.org/download/356TMcKennaPsyReligAgenda/356-TMcKennaPsyReligAgenda.mp3Culture, Psychedelics, FutureIn today’s podcast we get to hear Terence McKenna questioning himself about his emerging role in our culture, even calling himself “perhaps a dancing bear”. He then goes on to describe, with some incredulity, his performances on stage at various raves. The talk itself is from the opening night of a weekend workshop in during the month of August 1993. A few of my favorite quotes from this talk include: “Not reckless dose but committed dose. Not to see if it works. It works, other people have established that. You don't need to do research to confirm that it's psychoactive.” . . . “The truth, for sure, when it arrives, will make you smile. If it doesn't you should seek a deeper truth.” . . . “The real test of your psychedelic authenticity is your ability to write a novel.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/0Ov91EhP4Yw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/0Ov91EhP4Yw/356-TMcKennaPsyReligAgenda.mp3https://archive.org/download/356TMcKennaPsyReligAgenda/356-TMcKennaPsyReligAgenda.mp3https://archive.org/download/356TMcKennaPsyReligAgenda/356-TMcKennaPsyReligAgenda.mp3355-Various: "Building a Psychedelic Community"Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:25:16 -0700https://archive.org/download/355PN2012Panel/355-PN2012Panel.mp3Community, FutureToday's podcast features a panel discussion with Annie Oak, Twilight, and Bruce Damer that took place at the 2012 Palenque Norte Lectures held at that year's Burning Man Festival. While this is not a “how to” discussion with specific steps, it is larger in scope in that the panelists and audience exchange thoughts about some of the more important components of a high functioning psychedelic community. At the end of the podcast, Lorenzo explains why he will no longer respond to email coming from accounts that have been spied upon by the government. He then talks about additional security measures our community should be thinking of to protect our personal data from government spies.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/-7MSyQUj63Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/-7MSyQUj63Q/355-PN2012Panel.mp3https://archive.org/download/355PN2012Panel/355-PN2012Panel.mp3https://archive.org/download/355PN2012Panel/355-PN2012Panel.mp3354-Garfield: "Pre-End of the World Special"Tue, 4 Jun 2013 17:38:19 -0700https://archive.org/download/354MateoGarfield/354-MateoGarfield.mp3Culture, Music, Art, FestivalsToday we only go back in time a short way, back to December 12, 2012 when Matt Pallmary and Michael Garfield took a break during their work on the stage production of Matt's novel, “Land Without Evil”, in Austin, Texas. In this wide ranging discussion between salon favorite, Matt Pallamary, and long time saloner, burner, artist, and musician, Michael Garfield, one of my favorite topics was Michael's very positive take on the long-term impact of the work of Terence McKenna, regardless of the fact that the Timewave theory had obviously been disproven. Michael is also a regular performer on the festival circuit, and his schedule may be found online at www.michaelgarfield.net.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/m-tqfA6jfO8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/m-tqfA6jfO8/354-MateoGarfield.mp3https://archive.org/download/354MateoGarfield/354-MateoGarfield.mp3https://archive.org/download/354MateoGarfield/354-MateoGarfield.mp3353-TMcKenna: "Inflationary Evolution"Sun, 26 May 2013 15:14:46 -0700https://archive.org/download/353TMcKennaInflationaryEvo/353-TMcKennaInflationaryEvo.mp3Culture, Future, EvolutionToday's podcast features the closing session of a workshop that Terence McKenna led in December of 1994. Here is a little sample of some of the topics he covered that Sunday morning: “Chaos is roving through the system and able to undo, at any point, the best laid plans.” . . . “Because the planetary culture is becoming ever more closely knitted together all its parts are becoming co-dependent.” . . . “National governments are under paid, under staffed, and under talented.” . . . “Don't worry. You don't know enough to worry. . . . Who do you think you are that you should worry, for cryin' out loud. It's a total waste of time. It presupposes such a knowledge of the situation that it is, in fact, a form of hubris.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qOcd3uEVM10" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qOcd3uEVM10/353-TMcKennaInflationaryEvo.mp3https://archive.org/download/353TMcKennaInflationaryEvo/353-TMcKennaInflationaryEvo.mp3https://archive.org/download/353TMcKennaInflationaryEvo/353-TMcKennaInflationaryEvo.mp3352-TMcKenna: "The Amazing Thing About Psychedelics"Mon, 20 May 2013 19:39:59 -0700https://archive.org/download/352TMcKennaAmazingThing/352-TMcKennaAmazingThing.mp3Psychedelics, Consciousness, Evolution, FutureWe continue again with a workshop given by Terence McKenna in December of 1994. Some of his interesting comments about psychedelics include: “You see, the amazing thing about psychedelics is it doesn't depend on a state of grace. It doesn't depend on allegiance to a leader. It doesn't even depend on a special diet or theological predilection The astonishing news about these psychedelic experiences is: You don't have to go to India for ten years. You don't have to be chosen by Baba-G. This works for most people, and would probably work for you.” And, “If you think that you've got it all figured out, and you haven't ever had an intense, boundary-dissolving psychedelic, then you're absolutely out to lunch. You don't know what's going on. It's like the opinions of eleven year old boys about sexuality.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/z9NkDpCz0Fw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/z9NkDpCz0Fw/352-TMcKennaAmazingThing.mp3https://archive.org/download/352TMcKennaAmazingThing/352-TMcKennaAmazingThing.mp3https://archive.org/download/352TMcKennaAmazingThing/352-TMcKennaAmazingThing.mp3351-TMcKenna: "What Is Truth?"Sat, 11 May 2013 14:03:49 -0700https://archive.org/download/351TMcKennaWhatIsTruth/351-TMcKennaWhatIsTruth.mp3Psychedelics, Internet, TechnologyToday we pick up once again on a workshop that Terence McKenna gave at the end of 1994. Like many of his events, his remarks were driven by questions from those in attendance. One of the most interesting of his riffs is in answer to a question about what the differences were between experiences driven by ayahuasca, by psilocybin, by DMT, and by LSD. Two of my favorite quotes from this talk are: “If you go to Paris you know more about reality than people who don't. If you smoke DMT you know more about reality than people who don't.” And, “In the Newtonian and print-created social space that we're walking around in you are like a self-extracting archive that hasn't self-extracted itself yet. And then you take psilocybin and you self-extract and unfold.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/dEbFPwk2VPM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/dEbFPwk2VPM/351-TMcKennaWhatIsTruth.mp3https://archive.org/download/351TMcKennaWhatIsTruth/351-TMcKennaWhatIsTruth.mp3https://archive.org/download/351TMcKennaWhatIsTruth/351-TMcKennaWhatIsTruth.mp3350-Souther: "Healing Through Sound and Ayahuasca"Tue, 7 May 2013 12:02:29 -0700https://archive.org/download/350SoutherPN2012/350-SoutherPN2012.mp3Ayahuasca, Medicine, Healing, PsychedelicsToday's talk by Hamilton Souther is, in my opinion, the most enlightening presentation about ayahuasca that we have yet heard here in the salon. If you are here for the first time, and are looking for information about ayahuasca, this is a great place to begin. In addition to one of the best descriptions of what takes place in one's mind during an ayahuasca ceremony, Hamilton also provides some excellent advice about journeying in the Amazon: “[When interviewing a shaman] especially look at everybody in the eyes. The eyes in ayahuasca tell you everything. If you see people with eyes that get really glossed over and become really shifty, it's letting you know something there is going on that maybe you don't want to become like that. Maybe that's not why you're there.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/dCiplVg1bPo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/dCiplVg1bPo/350-SoutherPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/350SoutherPN2012/350-SoutherPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/350SoutherPN2012/350-SoutherPN2012.mp3349-TMcKenna: "A Higher Dimensional Sectioning of Reality"Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:47:31 -0700https://archive.org/download/349TMcKennaSectioningReality/349-TMcKennaSectioningReality.mp3Psychedelics, Culture, ShamanismToday we return to the December 1994 workshop given by Terence McKenna. As usual, he covered a wide range of topics. Here is a sampling of his thoughts that morning: “Just because you have a nut theory it doesn't mean that you agree with other nut theories. In fact, it often makes you very hostile to them. After all, there's a limited pool there that we're all after.” . . . “Because I believe psychedelics are a kind of higher dimensional sectioning of reality, I think they give the kind of stereoscopic vision necessary to hold the entire hologram of what's happening in your mind. The old paradigm is gone.” . . . “Shamanism is about shape shifting. Shamanism is about doing phenomenology with a tool kit that works.” . . . “I think psychedelics are sort of like doing calisthenics in preparation for the marathon at the end of time.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ZnTLxhU5B3Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ZnTLxhU5B3Y/349-TMcKennaSectioningReality.mp3https://archive.org/download/349TMcKennaSectioningReality/349-TMcKennaSectioningReality.mp3https://archive.org/download/349TMcKennaSectioningReality/349-TMcKennaSectioningReality.mp3348-Metz: "Entheogens and Plant Medicines"Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:44:24 -0700https://archive.org/download/348NataliePN2012/348-NataliePN2012.mp3Medicine, BotanyToday's program features the 2012 Palenque Norte Lecture that Dr. Natalie Metz gave at the Burning Man Festival. Natalie is a Licensed Naturopathic Doctor in private practice in San Francisco. In this engaging talk, and through interaction with her audience, Dr. Natalie discusses some of the foods, medicines, and poisons that we obtain from plants and helps us to better realize what a deep connection we humans have to the plant world.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/KX1V2xyDgsc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/KX1V2xyDgsc/348-NataliePN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/348NataliePN2012/348-NataliePN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/348NataliePN2012/348-NataliePN2012.mp3347-TMcKenna: "This counts, somehow it matters"Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:02:07 -0700https://archive.org/download/347McKennaItAllMatters/347-McKennaItAllMatters.mp3Culture, Psychedelics, FutureTerence McKenna returns once again, this time in some opening remarks during the Friday introduction session of a weekend workshop that was held late in 1994. Early on he says, “Our best efforts are nothing more than half-completed stories told around the campfire. We don't actually know what our predicament is. We are up against a phenomenon which we can barely bring into focus in our cognitive sphere, and it's the phenomenon of our own existence.” . . . and it only gets better from there.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/UG-8k6CNZR4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/UG-8k6CNZR4/347-McKennaItAllMatters.mp3https://archive.org/download/347McKennaItAllMatters/347-McKennaItAllMatters.mp3https://archive.org/download/347McKennaItAllMatters/347-McKennaItAllMatters.mp3346-Damer: "Critical Intelligence"Tue, 2 Apr 2013 14:46:02 -0700https://archive.org/download/346DamerPN2012/346-DamerPN2012.mp3Science, CultureIn today's podcast Bruce Damer takes the 2012 Palenque Norte audience at the Burning Man Festival on a far flung journey into what he calls his practice of "global multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-technic shamanism" where you "put yourself on the shelf" and dive deeply into the worlds of Pentagon think tanks, NASA mission designers, the tribal cultures of Pakistan, the Swiss, Egyptologists, IT professionals, and Christian Evangelicals, to come back with the true alchemical gold. It's an interesting trip.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6bOYR3W0sC0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6bOYR3W0sC0/346-DamerPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/346DamerPN2012/346-DamerPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/346DamerPN2012/346-DamerPN2012.mp3345-TMcKenna: "Transhuman Encounters"Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:57:32 -0700https://archive.org/download/345TMcKennaTransHuman/345-TMcKennaTransHuman.mp3UFOs, aliens, psychedelicsToday we again travel back in time, almost 30 years, and join Terence McKenna for a few thoughts about transhuman encounters, or, as he likes to call it “alien love”. In case you are thinking that this is just another one of his journeys into the realm of UFOs, abductions, and the like, you may be surprised at the approach to these topics that he takes in this lecture. It isn't only aliens that Terence talks about. He also covers his main beat, psychedelics, and says: “I don't think that mass drug taking is a good idea. But I think that we must have a deputized minority, a shamanic professional class if you will, whose job is to bring ideas out of the deep black water and show them off to the rest of us and perform for our culture some of the cultural functions that shaman perform in pre-literate cultures.” He goes on to say, “You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your understanding.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9y1gHCvmq1o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9y1gHCvmq1o/345-TMcKennaTransHuman.mp3https://archive.org/download/345TMcKennaTransHuman/345-TMcKennaTransHuman.mp3https://archive.org/download/345TMcKennaTransHuman/345-TMcKennaTransHuman.mp3344-TMcKenna: "A Global Cultural Crisis"Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:40:07 -0700https://archive.org/download/344TMcKennaWorldChaos/344-TMcKennaWorldChaos.mp3Psychedelics, CultureIn today's podcast we hear once again from Terence McKenna, who proposes that the 20th century appeared to reflect the state of chaos in Europe during the Renaissance only on a global scale this time. He then goes on to relate his views to the Gaian Hypothesis. A few of the ideas he floats in this talk include: “I think there is a global commonality of understanding coming into being. And it is not necessarily fostered by institutions.” . . . “If I had to pick an ontological vision that was compatible with what I think these drugs are about, and with what I think is trying to happen, I would pick Taoism.” . . . “I'm proposing on one level that hallucinogens be thought of as almost as social pheromones that regulate the rate at which language develops, and therefore regulate human culture generally.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/yWQvm2HUPt0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/yWQvm2HUPt0/344-TMcKennaWorldChaos.mp3https://archive.org/download/344TMcKennaWorldChaos/344-TMcKennaWorldChaos.mp3https://archive.org/download/344TMcKennaWorldChaos/344-TMcKennaWorldChaos.mp3343-Oak: "Developing a Community Tea House Model"Sat, 2 Mar 2013 14:39:47 -0800https://archive.org/download/343OakPN2012/343-OakPN2012.mp3Culture, Women, PsychedelicsToday we hear from civil rights activist and the founder of the Women's Visionary Congress in her 2012 Palenque Norte Lecture at the Burning Man Festival. Anyone who is feeling that they are “out there at the end of the line” may find great encouragement in what Annie has to say as she tells the story of her own unique journey through life. And for the psychedelic community she has these powerful words, “We're not the counter-culture. We are the culture, and we need to make the culture visible.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/RJGe5QzDexg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/RJGe5QzDexg/343-OakPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/343OakPN2012/343-OakPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/343OakPN2012/343-OakPN2012.mp3342-Grey: "Psychedelic Family Business"Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:58:36 -0800https://archive.org/download/342GreyPN2012/342-GreyPN2012.mp3Culture, Art, Family, CommunityToday's program features the 2012 Palenque Norte Lecture that Allyson and Alex Grey gave at the Burning Man Festival. In addition to urging (and motivating) artists to follow their dreams, they also give significant practical advice based upon their own experiences, including the ongoing work with COSM. As Alex says, “If it's a psychedelic family business, then you've got to consider the 'top line' [as contrasted with 'the bottom line']. What's the top line? The top line is: You have one unique life, and what do you love to do? What do you want to spend your life doing? What is the highest impact you can have on the world in a positive way?”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/h1tq7TpPk3w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/h1tq7TpPk3w/342-GreyPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/342GreyPN2012/342-GreyPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/342GreyPN2012/342-GreyPN2012.mp3341-DMcKenna: "Ayahuasca Research Report"Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:19:43 -0800https://archive.org/download/341DMcKenna1984/341-DMcKenna1984.mp3ayahuasca, psychedelic researchToday's talk features Dennis McKenna in a June 1984 presentation of his research concerning ayahuasca. This is one of the first, if not the first, public presentation of Dennis' early work involving this sacred medicine. For most of the last 33 years, ayahuasca has been one of the major preoccupations of his professional life, and he is considered one of the world's leading scientific experts in this field. As Dennis says in a recent article in The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs: “In that time, I have written extensively on the botany, chemistry, and pharmacology of ayahuasca, on its potential therapeutic uses, and on the need for more, and more rigorous, scientific and clinical investigations of this remarkable plant decoction. Working with colleagues such as Dr. Grob, my good friends Jace Callaway and Dr. Luis Eduardo Luna in Finland, my mentor Dr. Neil Towers, my late and beloved brother Terence, Dr. Glaucus de Souza Brito, and others, to investigate the myriad mysteries of ayahuasca, has been as rich and rewarding an experience as any scientist could ever hope for.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fcqmq9IAjAA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fcqmq9IAjAA/341-DMcKenna1984.mp3https://archive.org/download/341DMcKenna1984/341-DMcKenna1984.mp3https://archive.org/download/341DMcKenna1984/341-DMcKenna1984.mp3340-John-Tango: "Visions and Biospheres"Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:04:31 -0800https://archive.org/download/340JohnTangoPN2012/340-JohnTangoPN2012.mp3Bioshpere, Earth Science, environment, culture, scienceToday's podcast features another of the 2012 Palenque Norte Lectures that were held at the Burning Man Festival. The speakers are John Allen and Tango Parrish Snyder, both of whom have been involved in many large-scale Earth Science projects, including Biosphere 2. In his presentation, John makes a strong plea for all of us to gain a better understanding of not just our own local ecosystems, but of the Earth's entire biosphere as well. It is a fascinating talk and is followed by an interesting Q&A session.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EcqYyfPThzY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EcqYyfPThzY/340-JohnTangoPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/340JohnTangoPN2012/340-JohnTangoPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/340JohnTangoPN2012/340-JohnTangoPN2012.mp3339-McKenna: "A Necessary Chaos"Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:46:13 -0800https://archive.org/download/339McKennaNecessaryChaos/339-McKennaNecessaryChaos.mp3Psychedelic CultureToday I'm going to play a little audio collage of Terence McKenna that comes from a radio interview and one other recording. Some of my favorite Terence quotes from this program are: “I think it's the sheer power of the hallucinogens that puts people off. You either love them or you hate them, and that's because they dissolve world views. And if you like the experience of having your entire ontological structure disappear out from under you, if you think that's a thrill, you'll probably love psychedelics.” . . . and . . . “We can no longer have forbidden areas of the human mind, or cultural machinery. We have taken upon ourselves the acquisition of so much power that we now must understand what we are. We cannot travel much further with the definitions of man that we inherit from the Judeo-Christian tradition. We need to truly explore the problem of consciousness.” . . . and . . . “Capitalism is a gun pointed at the head of global civilization.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ABgwjTM20vs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ABgwjTM20vs/339-McKennaNecessaryChaos.mp3https://archive.org/download/339McKennaNecessaryChaos/339-McKennaNecessaryChaos.mp3https://archive.org/download/339McKennaNecessaryChaos/339-McKennaNecessaryChaos.mp3338-Stolarof: "A Tribute to Myron Stolaroff"Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:24:48 -0800https://archive.org/download/338StolaroffTribute/338-StolaroffTribute.mp3CultureA tribute to the author, engineer, and psychedelic researcher, Myron Stolaroff. In addition to some reminiscences by Lorenzo, this podcast features selections from various Myron Stolaroff podcasts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/-1qeb9I78Rs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/-1qeb9I78Rs/338-StolaroffTribute.mp3https://archive.org/download/338StolaroffTribute/338-StolaroffTribute.mp3https://archive.org/download/338StolaroffTribute/338-StolaroffTribute.mp3337-McKenna: "The World Could Be Anything"Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:29:16 -0800https://archive.org/download/337McKennaWorldAnything/337-McKennaWorldAnything.mp3Future, Consciousness, PsychedelicsIn this, my last podcast of 2012, I thought it would be fun to hear a little more from Terence McKenna. As always, there is always something new to think about after listening to one of his lectures. Here are just two brief quotes from this talk: “And the whole schtick of the psychedelic experience, I think, is reclaim immediate experience, realize that you out vote all parliaments, police forces, and major newspapers on the planet because, who knows, they may be illusions.” . . . “The world could be anything, you know, It could be a solid state matrix of some sort. It could be an illusion. It could be a dream. I mean it really could be a dream.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/OfFd6WBdzeM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/OfFd6WBdzeM/337-McKennaWorldAnything.mp3https://archive.org/download/337McKennaWorldAnything/337-McKennaWorldAnything.mp3https://archive.org/download/337McKennaWorldAnything/337-McKennaWorldAnything.mp3336-Pinchbeck: "2012 Re-visioned"Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:54:23 -0800https://archive.org/download/336PinchbeckPN2012/336-PinchbeckPN2012.mp3Culture, 2012Since today (the day I'm recording and posting this podcast) is the 2012 Winter Solstice, I'm going to feature my friend Daniel Pinchbeck as our guest speaker. As you know, Daniel wrote a book titled “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl”, also, he is widely known as a speaker and writer about many things psychedelic and esoteric. However, I know him best as a fellow alumnus of the Entheobotany Seminars at Palenque, where Terence McKenna and his merry band of psychonauts would hold forth each January. In this talk, one that he gave at the Palenque Norte lectures during this year's Burning Man festival, Daniel follows the format of other psychedelic luminaries and lets the audience guide the direction of the lecture through their questions. Among other topics that Daniel covers are 2012, consciousness, the Occupy Movement, and possibilities for the future.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/q5wopNZyssA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/q5wopNZyssA/336-PinchbeckPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/336PinchbeckPN2012/336-PinchbeckPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/336PinchbeckPN2012/336-PinchbeckPN2012.mp3335-McKenna: "Is There Any Reason to Hope?"Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:25:12 -0800https://archive.org/download/335FraserTerence94/335-FraserTerence94.mp3CultureToday's podcast features a talk given by Terence McKenna at the legendary Megatripolis Club in London during the Summer of 1994. He is introduced to a somewhat raucous crowd by the proprietor of the club, Fraser Clark. In this wide-ranging talk, McKenna begins by saying, “The smart people who are straight are involved in simply the media management of what has turned into a slow apocalypse, spreading starvation, exacerbated class differences, toxified agriculture, so forth and so on. I don't believe the Establishment thinks there are solutions. Their policy is basically the management of panic, which is hardly a forward moving approach to the adventure of human civilization.” Later, as only Terence could, he cries out, “Let's not underrate cannabis, for cryin' out loud. Cannabis should be the glue of the community!”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Qtm2_w1gOkw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Qtm2_w1gOkw/335-FraserTerence94.mp3https://archive.org/download/335FraserTerence94/335-FraserTerence94.mp3https://archive.org/download/335FraserTerence94/335-FraserTerence94.mp3334-Wallace: "The Alchemy of Cacao"Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:07:36 -0800https://archive.org/download/334WallacePN2012/334-WallacePN2012.mp3Health, DietToday we feature Brian Wallace's 2012 Palenque Norte Lecture at the Burning Man Festival. Brian, who has been a community organizer for MAPS and other organizations, is also expert on the cacao plant. Originally, Brian titled this talk “The Entheobotany of Cacao”, however, I decided to change the title to better reflect the wide-ranging discussion of a little-understood, but extremely important, plant. This is about significantly more than chocolate. Following Brian's talk I play a short segment about the work of Occupy Sandy and close with a song sent in from some fellow saloners, The Chooks, it is simply titled “Occupy” and is freely available for download via PsychedelicSalon.us.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/WcDjjF0_0PM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/WcDjjF0_0PM/334-WallacePN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/334WallacePN2012/334-WallacePN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/334WallacePN2012/334-WallacePN2012.mp3333-Adams: Producing "The Terence McKenna Experience"Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:37:18 -0800https://archive.org/download/333AdamsPN2012/333-AdamsPN2012.mp3Culture, Film, Arts, Burning ManToday we feature the fifth Palenque Norte Lecture of 2012, which was given at the Burning Man Festival. This talk features the filmmaker Ken Adams, who was a neighbor, friend, and collaborator of Terence McKenna in their search for new ways of explaining the psychedelic experience. Ken is the producer/director of a new, and experimental, film titled “The Terence McKenna Experience” which features never before seen and heard raps by Terence. . . . Following the Ken Adams talk, I feature three short sound clips from the Occupy Movement: 1) Occupy Atlanta Homes; 2) Rolling Jubilee; and 3) Occupy Sandy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/BCnt5cl140E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/BCnt5cl140E/333-AdamsPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/333AdamsPN2012/333-AdamsPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/333AdamsPN2012/333-AdamsPN2012.mp3332-Shaw: "Living in the Exile Nation"Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:25:48 -0800https://archive.org/download/332ShawPN2012/332-ShawPN2012.mp3War on Drugs, CultureToday we feature another of the 2012 Palenque Norte Lectures that were given at the Burning Man Festival. This talk is by author, lecturer, and drug war authority, Charles Shaw, who learned the truth about the War on Drugs from the people who are most being oppressed by this war. As he says, “For the lower classes, the poorer classes, which generally in this country are people of color, drug laws have always been used as a way to control them.” And he goes on to say, “But what they're trying to stop more than anything is ideas. Because what it is is a war of ideas. . . . It's no secret that psychedelics change consciousness. It's no secret that they're revolutionary. . . . The true revolutionary leaders, I think, are going to be the ones who figure out how to not go in the street and how to disseminate the revolution by other means.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/dGLbPtBq3YQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/dGLbPtBq3YQ/332-ShawPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/332ShawPN2012/332-ShawPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/332ShawPN2012/332-ShawPN2012.mp3331-Hewlett: "Understanding the Default Process of Consciousness"Thu, 1 Nov 2012 13:43:47 -0700https://archive.org/download/331HewlettPN2012/331-HewlettPN2012.mp3ConsciousnessToday's podcast features the third in the series of the 2012 Palenque Norte Lectures at the Burning Man festival. The speaker is Dr. Brian Hewlett and he titled his talk "An Algorithm of Human Consciousness and Implications for Artificial Intelligence". As you can see, I have re-titled the talk “Understanding the Default Process of Consciousness” to better fit with some of his closing remarks which included: “If you understand the default process of your consciousness, and you work with that default process and start to pay attention to that process, then you can actually start to manipulate the process, just like you can manipulate any process that you understand.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_f0vPTVoRQc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_f0vPTVoRQc/331-HewlettPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/331HewlettPN2012/331-HewlettPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/331HewlettPN2012/331-HewlettPN2012.mp3330-Maddy: "The Politics of Knowledge in the Psychedelic Sciences"Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:23:46 -0700https://archive.org/download/330MaddyPN2012/330-MaddyPN2012.mp3Science, Culture, PsychedelicsToday we feature the second of the 2012 Palenque Norte Lectures at the Burning Man Festival. The talk was given by Dr. Michelle (Maddy) Corbin whose doctoral dissertation is titled “Spirituality in the laboratory: Negotiating the politics of knowledge in the psychedelic sciences”. Among her many insightful observations is this interesting thought: “And because it came through a chemical that allowed them to study it, they began to engage with spirituality in a way that was historically unprecedented. I argue that [psychedelics] are a doorway through which spirituality entered the scientific laboratory in a way that it usually doesn't.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/k9ttGIUAD-4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/k9ttGIUAD-4/330-MaddyPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/330MaddyPN2012/330-MaddyPN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/330MaddyPN2012/330-MaddyPN2012.mp3329-Sage: "Vision Mapping for the Golden Age"Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:30:37 -0700https://archive.org/download/329AmandaSagePN2012/329-AmandaSagePN2012.mp3Culture, Future, ArtThis podcast is the first from the 2012 Palenque Norte Lectures at the Burning Man Festival. After an introduction to the series by Bruce Damer we feature the extraordinary visionary artist Amanda Sage. While her talk follows the exciting path that her life has taken, it is also a remarkable word-painting of a future that has already begun, particularly among the world wide artistic and dance communities. This is one of the most hopeful and forward-looking presentations yet to be featured in the salon.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qtOdw9Zrqjc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qtOdw9Zrqjc/329-AmandaSagePN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/329AmandaSagePN2012/329-AmandaSagePN2012.mp3https://archive.org/download/329AmandaSagePN2012/329-AmandaSagePN2012.mp3328-Hancock: "In Praise of Ayahuasca"Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:26:46 -0700https://archive.org/download/328HancockLondonReal/328-HancockLondonReal.mp3Shamanism, Culture, Psychedelics“We ought to be able, in a responsible society, as responsible adults, to gain good information. If we want to experiment with our consciousness we should be able to gain good and reliable information easily. Instead it's very difficult. We have to go underground. We have to stay out of the mainstream if we want to learn about ayahuasca.” And, “What ayahuasca does is to allow us to make accessible to our senses areas of reality that are normally off limits to us. I believe that those are real, not fiction of the brain. What the shamans call 'the spirit world', what quantum physicists might call parallel universes or parallel dimensions, I think they exist.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_QhMD4HWXIY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_QhMD4HWXIY/328-HancockLondonReal.mp3https://archive.org/download/328HancockLondonReal/328-HancockLondonReal.mp3https://archive.org/download/328HancockLondonReal/328-HancockLondonReal.mp3327-Phillips: "Jesus, Aliens, and Ayahuasca"Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:54:29 -0700https://archive.org/download/327PhillipsElectricJesus/327-PhillipsElectricJesus.mp3Gnostis Christian CultureToday's podcast features a talk given by Jonathan Talat Phillips in Vancouver sometime earlier this year. In it, Jonathan tells the story of how, after a devastating loss as counter cultural activist, he embarked on a mystical initiation involving underground ayahuasca ceremonies, kundalini awakenings, DMT cowboys, shapeshifting extraterrestrials at Burning Man, miraculous healings, and an international movement trailblazing visionary ways to help our planet in crisis. Along the way he uncovers the lost rites of the Christian mystery schools and secret “electric” messages for personal and global transformation. . . . Jonathan is the author of “The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic.” He co-founded the cutting edge web-magazine Reality Sandwich and The Evolver Network, coordinating 40+ regional Evolver communities. He is a religion blogger for "The Huffington Post," the creator of “The Ayahuasca Monologues: Tales of the Spirit Vine,” a Reiki Master and Bioenergetic Healer.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/FIn4QtqML9Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/FIn4QtqML9Q/327-PhillipsElectricJesus.mp3https://archive.org/download/327PhillipsElectricJesus/327-PhillipsElectricJesus.mp3https://archive.org/download/327PhillipsElectricJesus/327-PhillipsElectricJesus.mp3326-Krishnamurti: "Avoiding the Pitfall of Words"Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:43:10 -0700https://archive.org/download/326KrishnamurtiNYC66/326-KrishnamurtiNYC66.mp3ConsciousnessThis podcast features part one of a six part talk given my J. Krishnamurti in October 1966 at New York City. As he points out, “The crisis is not in the outward technological advancement, but rather in the way we think, and the way we live, and the way we feel. I think that is where a revolution must take place.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/OQOmSGxQEik" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/OQOmSGxQEik/326-KrishnamurtiNYC66.mp3https://archive.org/download/326KrishnamurtiNYC66/326-KrishnamurtiNYC66.mp3https://archive.org/download/326KrishnamurtiNYC66/326-KrishnamurtiNYC66.mp3325-McKenna: "Cauldron Chemistry"Sat, 1 Sep 2012 09:56:06 -0700https://archive.org/download/325McKennaCauldronChemistry/325-McKennaCauldronChemistry.mp3PsychedelicsToday's podcast features an interview with Terence McKenna that Elizabeth Gips conducted at Terence's home sometime in 1985. And while it includes Terence's thoughts about synthetic vs. natural hallucinogens, my favorite parts of this talk deal with the topic of “cauldron chemistry”, including one of the all-time classic McKenna quotes, "I'm not sure pig intestines is the second ingredient...".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/uO7z2A4sM9o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/uO7z2A4sM9o/325-McKennaCauldronChemistry.mp3https://archive.org/download/325McKennaCauldronChemistry/325-McKennaCauldronChemistry.mp3https://archive.org/download/325McKennaCauldronChemistry/325-McKennaCauldronChemistry.mp3324-Damer: "Esalen 2012 Redux"Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:53:04 -0700https://archive.org/download/324DamerEsalen05/324-DamerEsalen05.mp3CultureToday's program consists of ten separate pieces from a June 2012 workshop at the Esalen Institute, eight of which are by Bruce Damer. Here are the titles that Bruce has given to these short talks:
--Are we all becoming autistic astronauts?
--On our dual bonobo and chimp nature
--The things I loved about Terence
--Esalen @ 50
--"Procreate only once" (and we will have a future)
--The wellspring of human consciousness
--Terence's greatest Rap: Its all about Love, and where to now, Butterfly Hunter?
Following that we will be hearing the two closing segments of the workshop. The first is the “Rap for Terence” by Earth Girl and following that comes Galen Brandt singing her tribute to Terence titled “Aho Terence floating in the sky”.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/0G3U9JUR6pU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/0G3U9JUR6pU/324-DamerEsalen05.mp3https://archive.org/download/324DamerEsalen05/324-DamerEsalen05.mp3https://archive.org/download/324DamerEsalen05/324-DamerEsalen05.mp3323-Lorenzo: "Searching for a New Paradise Myth"Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:55:03 -0700https://archive.org/download/323LozoEsalen03/323-LozoEsalen03.mp3Psychedelic Culture, MythThis podcast features the final community discussions at the June 2012 Esalen workshop led by Lorenzo and Bruce Damer. Among the topics discussed were:
. . . Creating a new myth for our community
. . . The genesis of the Occupy Movement
. . . Are psychedelic “mutants” among us?
. . . Cultural Creatives
. . . Freeing our food supply from money
. . . Timebanks
. . . What the mushroom has to say about the future
. . . The Importance of myth
. . . Developing a “Medicine Circle” app
. . . Building new cultures through shared global experiences
. . . The 'superfood' revolution and our connection to the Earth
. . . Indra's Net
. . . The Temple at the Burning Man Festival<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/hEUu8aFvQQI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/hEUu8aFvQQI/323-LozoEsalen03.mp3https://archive.org/download/323LozoEsalen03/323-LozoEsalen03.mp3https://archive.org/download/323LozoEsalen03/323-LozoEsalen03.mp3322-Leary: "The Evolution of Intelligence"Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:02:50 -0700https://archive.org/download/322Leary1983Cruz/322-Leary1983Cruz.mp3Evolution, ConsciousnessIn this 1983 talk, given on his 63rd birthday, Dr. Timothy Leary covers a wide range of topics, including his own take on the Adam and Eve story in the Bible. In addition to his normally provocative statements, such as, “Reagan is a certifiable lunatic,” Dr. Leary also points out a fact of life back then that is even more intense today, “And that's one of the things that is kind of amazing today, the junk information that we're being inundated with, the cloud, the atmosphere, the smog of disinformation.” He also gives some very sound advice about drugs, “The sensible thing to do about drugs is this, get yourself a really good dealer.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/geiRXv0ygCM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/geiRXv0ygCM/322-Leary1983Cruz.mp3https://archive.org/download/322Leary1983Cruz/322-Leary1983Cruz.mp3https://archive.org/download/322Leary1983Cruz/322-Leary1983Cruz.mp3321-Lorenzo: "A Discussion About Psychedelics"Mon, 6 Aug 2012 12:36:40 -0700https://archive.org/download/321LozoEsalen02/321-LozoEsalen02.mp3Psychedelic CultureToday's podcast features the next installment of the workshop that Bruce Damer and Lorenzo led at the Esalen Institute in June of 2012. The majority of this program features comments by some of the workshop's participants who bring up topics that include: Heroic doses; Body load with psychedelics; Techniques for using psychedelics; What exactly is the psychedelic state; The perfect answer when a cop asks, “Were are you at, buddy?”; The re-introduction of psychedelics to our species; How do we tell the psychedelic story; The Occupy Movement and the banking system; The need for a parallel system of money<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/PGflvBq7sAo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/PGflvBq7sAo/321-LozoEsalen02.mp3https://archive.org/download/321LozoEsalen02/321-LozoEsalen02.mp3https://archive.org/download/321LozoEsalen02/321-LozoEsalen02.mp3320-Lorenzo: “Occupy Yourself”Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:42:34 -0700https://archive.org/download/320LozoEsalen01/320-LozoEsalen01.mp3Psychedelic CultureToday's podcast features the next installment of the workshop that Bruce Damer and I led at the Esalen Institute near Big Sur, California in mid-June 2012. This segment contains the commentary from participants in the workshop immediately after the “Deep Dive into the Mind of McKenna” that was featured in Podcast 316 and which has been temporarily removed from the Net. While the title of this talk may indicate that it is another podcast about the Occupy Movement, but that isn't actually the case, although the movement is referred to in part.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/p2bF4zfwoJE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/p2bF4zfwoJE/320-LozoEsalen01.mp3https://archive.org/download/320LozoEsalen01/320-LozoEsalen01.mp3https://archive.org/download/320LozoEsalen01/320-LozoEsalen01.mp3319-McKenna: "The Voynich Manuscript"Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:19:32 -0700https://archive.org/download/319Herbert005Voynich/319-Herbert005Voynich.mp3AlchemyAccording to Wikipedia, the Voynich Manuscript has been described as “the world's most mysterious manuscript”, and so far its secret code has never been broken . . . including attempts by top U.S. Government cytologists. And this is the subject of today's talk by Terence McKenna from an April 1983 lecture.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/smCBLZfOHT0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/smCBLZfOHT0/319-Herbert005Voynich.mp3https://archive.org/download/319Herbert005Voynich/319-Herbert005Voynich.mp3https://archive.org/download/319Herbert005Voynich/319-Herbert005Voynich.mp3318-McKenna: "Psilocybin and the Sands of Time"Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:11:07 -0700https://archive.org/download/318Herbert002Sands/318-Herbert002Sands.mp3Psychedelic cultureThis is the second tape in the Paul Herbert Collection of the words of Terence McKenna, and as far as I can tell, it hasn't been posted on the Net before. The title of the talk as shown on the cassette tape from which it came is “Psilocygin and the Sands of Time”, however, that first word may be a misspelling of the word 'psilocybin'. The recording was made in December of 1982 and the event was a “SEN Interview” at the Esalen Institute near Big Sur, California. Like most McKenna talks, this one is also packed full of interesting ideas, such as: “On these matters of specific fact, like is the mushroom an extraterrestrial and that sort of thing, I haven't the faintest idea. The mushroom itself is such a mercurial, elusive, Zen sort of personality that I never believe a word it says. I simply entertain its notions and try and sort through them, and I found that to be the most enriching approach to it.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ttPSPA5sV4Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ttPSPA5sV4Q/318-Herbert002Sands.mp3https://archive.org/download/318Herbert002Sands/318-Herbert002Sands.mp3https://archive.org/download/318Herbert002Sands/318-Herbert002Sands.mp3317-McKenna: “New and Old Maps of Hyperspace”Thu, 5 Jul 2012 14:19:36 -0700https://archive.org/download/317Herbert001Maps/317-Herbert001Maps.mp3Psychedelic CultureThis is the first of what I am calling the Paul Herbert Collection of the words of Terence McKenna. The tape's label reads: “Terence McKenna: NEW AND OLD MAPS OF HYPERSPACE ISC Lecture November 1982 Berkeley.” The complete collection consists of over 160 high quality recordings of Terence McKenna lectures that were recorded by Paul Herbert. Over the course of the next few years I will be podcasting this entire collection in the order in which they were recorded. This means that there will be a few McKenna lectures that will be repeated here in the salon, as a few of them had already been available in many places. However, there is a good deal of new material here, and over the next two years I suspect we will hear many new gems from the lips of the bard McKenna.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/1Aemm6x_rzk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/1Aemm6x_rzk/317-Herbert001Maps.mp3https://archive.org/download/317Herbert001Maps/317-Herbert001Maps.mp3https://archive.org/download/317Herbert001Maps/317-Herbert001Maps.mp3316-Damer: "A Deep Dive Into the Mind of McKenna"Sun, 1 Jul 2012 15:22:52 -0700https://archive.org/download/316DamerDeepDive/316-DamerDeepDive.mp3Psychedelic CultureThis program is a recording of part of a live event at the Esalen Institute near Big Sur, California. The workshop, titled “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012” and was led by Bruce Damer and Lorenzo Hagerty. This specific recording took place on Saturday morning, June 16th and consists of Bruce's “deep dive” into the mind of McKenna. It begins with Bruce's “Ode to Terence” and is followed by Bruce's readings of parts of the soon-to-be published book by Terence's brother, Dennis . . . the book's title: “Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss”.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/XK1Ipe3ihYo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/XK1Ipe3ihYo/316-DamerDeepDive.mp3https://archive.org/download/316DamerDeepDive/316-DamerDeepDive.mp3https://archive.org/download/316DamerDeepDive/316-DamerDeepDive.mp3315-Leary: “In a German Salon 1983" Part 3Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:22:03 -0700https://archive.org/download/315LearyGermany83Pt3/315-LearyGermany83Pt3.mp3CultureToday we conclude a three part series featuring Dr. Timothy Leary speaking somewhere in Germany in 1983. One of the features of this talk is his frank discussion of ketamine and of Dr. John Lilly. And then he goes on to give the following advice to the Baby Boomer generation: “Your generation is a sinking ship. So the intelligent thing to do is to jump ship.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/znU9mRs6l80" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/znU9mRs6l80/315-LearyGermany83Pt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/315LearyGermany83Pt3/315-LearyGermany83Pt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/315LearyGermany83Pt3/315-LearyGermany83Pt3.mp3314-Leary: “In a German Salon 1983" Part 2Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:50:52 -0700https://archive.org/download/314LearyGermany83Pt2/314-LearyGermany83Pt2.mp3CultureToday we pick up where we left off in my previous podcast with the good Doctor Timothy Leary holding forth in a very small group setting somewhere in Germany. As near as I can tell, this private salon was held sometime in 1983. One of the comments he makes in this talk is he thinks that each generation born after World War II may actually be an entirely new species of human. And while this may sound quite radical, particularly when you consider that he made this comment in 1983, there is a recent TED talk by Juan Enriquez titled “Will our kids be a different species?” I have linked to it in the program notes for this podcast and highly recommend that you give it a listen as well.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/DGdKWItn-bQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/DGdKWItn-bQ/314-LearyGermany83Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/314LearyGermany83Pt2/314-LearyGermany83Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/314LearyGermany83Pt2/314-LearyGermany83Pt2.mp3313-Leary: “In a German Salon 1983" Part 1”Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:13:20 -0700https://archive.org/download/313LearyGermany83Pt1/313-LearyGermany83Pt1.mp3CultureToday's podcast features another recording from the Dr. Timothy Leary archive. As best I can tell, it was recorded at a small salon somewhere in Germany in 1983 or so. As is often the case with Dr. Leary, a wide variety of topics was covered in a relatively short time. The notation on the tape from which this talk came listed the following topics as being included (to one degree or another): Humor; John Lilly; HANDS ON; Turn on, drop out & take over; Stage 12; Bodymanagement; Self reliance, Purpose of Life. And in one way or another he managed to squeeze them all in to a single hour of recording.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/yOlGd3bb8Y8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/yOlGd3bb8Y8/313-LearyGermany83Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/313LearyGermany83Pt1/313-LearyGermany83Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/313LearyGermany83Pt1/313-LearyGermany83Pt1.mp3312-Moglan: “Occupy the Internet”Mon, 4 Jun 2012 11:10:43 -0700https://archive.org/download/312MoglenNetFreedom/312-MoglenNetFreedom.mp3InternetToday's podcast features one of the most important lectures that I have played here in the salon. It is a talk that Dr. Eben Moglan gave on May 22, 2012 at the Freedom to Connect conference. In this talk Dr. Moglen very clearly describes the imminent threat that governments and large corporations pose to not only our freedom to use the Internet as we choose, but to the further evolution of human consciousness itself. As he says in this talk, “The Network, as it stands now, is an extraordinary platform for enhanced social control. Very rapidly, and with no apparent remorse, the two largest governments on Earth, that of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, have adopted essentially the identical points of view. A robust social graph connecting government to everybody, and the exhaustive date mining of society, is both governments' fundamental policy with respect to their different forms of what they both refer to, or think of, as 'stability maintenance'. . . . We need, 'we' who understand what is happening, need to be very vocal about that.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/am9yHoL0pwA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/am9yHoL0pwA/312-MoglenNetFreedom.mp3https://archive.org/download/312MoglenNetFreedom/312-MoglenNetFreedom.mp3https://archive.org/download/312MoglenNetFreedom/312-MoglenNetFreedom.mp3311-Lorenzo: "The Spirit of the Internet"Tue, 29 May 2012 15:10:13 -0700https://archive.org/download/311LorenzoInsideEdge/311-LorenzoInsideEdge.mp3CultureToday I'm playing a recording of a talk that I gave in March of 2001 at The Inside Edge, a Southern California association of cultural creatives. The topic was some of the themes in my book, “The Spirit of the Internet: Speculations on the Evolution of Global Consciousness”. One of the more controversial aspects of this talk is my comparison of a deep Internet experience with a psychedelic experience. . . . Also included in this podcast is some discussion of the growing student strike in Quebec and the mounting student loan debt bubble here in the U.S.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/l_-Y3zAc8iY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/l_-Y3zAc8iY/311-LorenzoInsideEdge.mp3https://archive.org/download/311LorenzoInsideEdge/311-LorenzoInsideEdge.mp3https://archive.org/download/311LorenzoInsideEdge/311-LorenzoInsideEdge.mp3310-McKenna: “Introduction to the Valley of Novelty Workshop”Sat, 19 May 2012 12:25:39 -0700https://archive.org/download/310McKennaValleyIntro/310-McKennaValleyIntro.mp3CultureAt long last I am finally getting around to podcasting the first session of the Valley of Novelty workshop that Terence McKenna led at Omega Institute in upstate New York on the evening of July 31, 1998. I posted the rest of this workshop several years ago, beginning in podcast 027. In today's program you will hear how Terence often began his workshops, by going around the circle and letting the attendees say a little something. And sometimes Terence would jump in and comment on what they had just brought up. Unfortunately, most of the comments by the attendees wasn't picked up by the single microphone in the front of the room. So I deleted any sections of seeming quiet but left in any comments that Terence made, including his opening and closing remarks.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/iGkwANpgkDo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/iGkwANpgkDo/310-McKennaValleyIntro.mp3https://archive.org/download/310McKennaValleyIntro/310-McKennaValleyIntro.mp3https://archive.org/download/310McKennaValleyIntro/310-McKennaValleyIntro.mp3309-McKenna: “In Praise of Psychedelics” Part 2Fri, 11 May 2012 16:45:48 -0700https://archive.org/download/309McKennaMaui1994Pt2/309-McKennaMaui1994Pt2.mp3PsychedelicsThis program includes the end of the Terence McKenna lecture that we were listening to in the previous podcast. And that is followed by a question and answer session, which ends with Terence giving one of the most impassioned pleas for psychonaughts to “come out of the closet” that I have ever heard him (or anyone else) give. . . . And a couple of interesting Terence McKenna quotes from this podcast include: “Anyone who loves adventure, and who loves life, and who loves the experience of being, has an obligation, I think, to explore this [the psychedelic realm]. It's as much a part of your identity as your sexuality, your ancestral history, or your hopes and fears. And to ignore it is to choose to play with less than a full deck. Don't do that. Play with a full deck!” . . . and “People didn't care for the Holocaust, that was a moral outrage, but the policies of the Roman Catholic Church push more people into early death, disease, and poverty than the Holocaust ever did. And yet, they're perfectly free to run their bingo games and appear among us. Why? They should have to answer for this outrage.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_SUc3ZSBP70" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_SUc3ZSBP70/309-McKennaMaui1994Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/309McKennaMaui1994Pt2/309-McKennaMaui1994Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/309McKennaMaui1994Pt2/309-McKennaMaui1994Pt2.mp3308-McKenna: “In Praise of Psychedelics” Part 1Thu, 10 May 2012 13:50:55 -0700https://archive.org/download/308McKennaMaui1994Pt1/308-McKennaMaui1994Pt1.mp3CultureToday's program features the first part of a two hour lecture given by Terence McKenna in early February, 1994. The official title of this talk is “Speaking the Unspeakable”, however, after listening to the first part of it I decided to change the title to something that seemed, to me, more appropriate. A few of my favorite quotes from this talk include: “The contradiction that history confronts us with is a deeper exploration of the psychedelic experience. And the psychedelic experience is something incredibly alien to the Western mind. It is, in fact, taboo.” . . . “The psychedelic experience is not built in to your biology the way orgasm, or sleep, or hunger, or something like that is. It's a physiological option that involves forming a symbiotic relationship with a plant.” . . . “Science has steered us deeply into the notion that nature is soulless and spiritless. And the practice of this idea has led us to the brink of catastrophe, global and species and ecological catastrophe.” . . . “Psychedelics are catalysts for the human imagination. That very simply is what they are.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/QN_1cZNEERQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/QN_1cZNEERQ/308-McKennaMaui1994Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/308McKennaMaui1994Pt1/308-McKennaMaui1994Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/308McKennaMaui1994Pt1/308-McKennaMaui1994Pt1.mp3307-Various: “Palenque Entheobotany Seminars Remembered”Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:08:19 -0700https://archive.org/download/307WildBill/307-WildBill.mp3CultureToday's program features, first of all, a conversation between Matt Pallamary and Wild Bill, who begin by reminiscing about the legendary Palenque Entheobotany Seminars, but who then go on to other wild tales, some of which may actually be true. After that is the first of our long-awaited Global Trialogues in which Bruce Damer answers a question from a young man in Australia.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4y1zbw8_t44" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4y1zbw8_t44/307-WildBill.mp3https://archive.org/download/307WildBill/307-WildBill.mp3https://archive.org/download/307WildBill/307-WildBill.mp3306-McKenna: “Terence McKenna & Ram Das in Prague”Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:10:11 -0700https://archive.org/download/306McKennaDasPrague01/306-McKennaDasPrague01.mp3CultureToday's podcast features interviews conducted by Terence McKenna with cultural anthropologist Angeles Arrien and cultural icon Ram Das. The conversations took place in June of 1992 while they were attending a conference in Prague. After first discussing a few of the more esoteric aspects of the psychedelic experience, Ram Das and Terence reminisce about the Sixties and why their vision may not have succeeded. Among the interesting quotes are where Ram Das, speaking of the Sixties, said, “The fact that they noticed us was because we were busy making statements, instead of just being it.” Later, Terence McKenna says, “To me, the most amazing the most amazing transformation in my lifetime is not the revolution of the Sixties but the counter revolution of the Seventies, where they managed to put the cuckoo clock back together again.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Y-xb3TDu9cI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Y-xb3TDu9cI/306-McKennaDasPrague01.mp3https://archive.org/download/306McKennaDasPrague01/306-McKennaDasPrague01.mp3https://archive.org/download/306McKennaDasPrague01/306-McKennaDasPrague01.mp3305-Damer: “Conservatives Confront the Ideas of Occupy: A Radical Remake of America” Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:41:08 -0700https://archive.org/download/305DamerRadicalRemake/305-DamerRadicalRemake.mp3CultureToday I return to an all-Occupy program and feature an interview that Bruce Damer gave to KSCO radio in Santa Cruz, California on November 19, 2011. While there are some rather interesting comments by listeners who called in to this very conservative talk-radio station, the focus of the interview was a discussion of Bruce Damer's proposal, echoing the advice of Thomas Jefferson, that the citizens of the U.S. hold a new constitutional convention and bring about a radical remake of the country.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/lFiXifU9-Ik" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/lFiXifU9-Ik/305-DamerRadicalRemake.mp3https://archive.org/download/305DamerRadicalRemake/305-DamerRadicalRemake.mp3https://archive.org/download/305DamerRadicalRemake/305-DamerRadicalRemake.mp3304-Leary: “Timothy Leary and Jerry Brown in 1995”Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:00:29 -0700https://archive.org/download/304LearyBrown1995/304-LearyBrown1995.mp3CultureThis week as a follow-up to my previous podcast, which was primarily 'about' Dr. Timothy Leary. So this week I am playing an interview 'with' Timothy Leary that was conducted in October of 1995. Following that I play a short audio piece that was from an NPR program in 1996 that aired just a few weeks before Dr. Leary's death in May of 1996.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Qrt2krlADtU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Qrt2krlADtU/304-LearyBrown1995.mp3https://archive.org/download/304LearyBrown1995/304-LearyBrown1995.mp3https://archive.org/download/304LearyBrown1995/304-LearyBrown1995.mp3303-Harcourt-Smith: “The Arrest and Imprisonment of Dr. Timothy Leary”Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:14:26 -0700https://archive.org/download/303JoannaHS/303-JoannaHS.mp3Culture, US HistoryToday's program features a lengthy interview with Joanna Harcourt-Smith, who was the companion of Dr. Timothy Leary during the period when he was kidnapped at an airport in Afghanistan by the U.S. Government. Following that, Joanna was the only outside contact that Timothy Leary was permitted during the time he was in custody. This is a fascinating story of one of the most turbulent times in U.S. History told by a woman who was there.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qMTYGy9gtZM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qMTYGy9gtZM/303-JoannaHS.mp3https://archive.org/download/303JoannaHS/303-JoannaHS.mp3https://archive.org/download/303JoannaHS/303-JoannaHS.mp3302-Fadiman: "The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide"Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:38:56 -0700https://archive.org/download/302FadimanBook01/302-FadimanBook01.mp3CultureThis may be the most important podcast that I have done so far. In it you will hear from Dr. James Fadiman, a man who has been at the forefront of psychedelic research since the Sixties. In this interview, conducted by Matt Pallamary, Jim not only talks about his new book, “The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys”, he also provides a significant amount of information, both new and old, that hopefully will never be lost, as it is of critical importance to the evolution of human consciousness<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qD_IHMmwUuI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qD_IHMmwUuI/302-FadimanBook01.mp3https://archive.org/download/302FadimanBook01/302-FadimanBook01.mp3https://archive.org/download/302FadimanBook01/302-FadimanBook01.mp3301-Lorenzo: “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012” Part 4Fri, 2 Mar 2012 17:10:08 -0800https://archive.org/download/301BruceLozoSM04/301-BruceLozoSM04.mp3Science, Culture, FutureIn this, the concluding episode of recordings from the workshop titled “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012” and led by Bruce Damer and Lorenzo, we hear Bruce's final presentation in which he begins by taking us on a mental voyage around our solar system. From there he tells a fascinating story of his meeting with a somewhat dodgy character who convincingly explained that, although it may appear that way at times, there actually is no cabal secretly controlling human affairs. Following that begins an interesting Q & A session. . . . In the Occupy segment of the podcast I ponder over the pros and cons of the Black Bloc tactics that have become somewhat controversial lately.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/W2cifajhcFA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/W2cifajhcFA/301-BruceLozoSM04.mp3https://archive.org/download/301BruceLozoSM04/301-BruceLozoSM04.mp3https://archive.org/download/301BruceLozoSM04/301-BruceLozoSM04.mp3300-Lorenzo: “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012” Part 3Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:42:30 -0800https://archive.org/download/300BruceLozoSM03/300-BruceLozoSM03.mp3CultureToday I pick up with the next part of a workshop that was held on January 28, 2012 titled “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012”. This section features my second presentation of the day in which I attempted to explain why I think that the Occupy Movement is so important. And in the second half of this podcast I play two edited audio clips of the respected journalist Chris Hedges who expresses some of his ideas about the Occupy Movement and it's importance.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/A3c0OMYv3yc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/A3c0OMYv3yc/300-BruceLozoSM03.mp3https://archive.org/download/300BruceLozoSM03/300-BruceLozoSM03.mp3https://archive.org/download/300BruceLozoSM03/300-BruceLozoSM03.mp3299-Damer: “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012” Part 2Thu, 9 Feb 2012 15:41:21 -0800https://archive.org/download/299BruceLozoSM02/299-BruceLozoSM02.mp3CultureIn today's podcast we pick up with the next part of a workshop that was held on January 28, 2012 titled “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012”. This section features Bruce Damer, who begins with his “Ode to Terence” and follows with a wide-ranging question and answer session. In the Occupy segment I begin with a recap of what went down in Washington, D.C. the day of the eviction from McPherson Square. The voice you'll hear is that of Nate, who streams a live video feed on Ustream.tv that is called OccupyAir, and this is his recap of the day's events. Also, I play a series of short audio clips. The first one is of a young man from San Diego who was speaking at the General Assembly that was held in the middle of K Street in Washington the evening after the McPhearson eviction. Following him is a bit about the Department of Homeland Security, which now includes a national secret police force, in case you missed that announcement, and we now learn that the DHS is now monitoring journalists and bloggers in a blatant attempt to keep the press away from the occupy actions. Next up is part of an interview with journalist Chris Hedges, who you've heard from on several occasions here in these podcasts already. In this clip Chris will be talking about some of the ideas he put forth in his book, “Empire of Illusion”. And while this segment also ends with a call to the barricades from Chris Hedges in different interview, between those two Hedges segments I play a three minute pep talk that Tony Benn gave to some of the occupiers in London the other day.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/En9O2Hxlp7Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/En9O2Hxlp7Q/299-BruceLozoSM02.mp3https://archive.org/download/299BruceLozoSM02/299-BruceLozoSM02.mp3https://archive.org/download/299BruceLozoSM02/299-BruceLozoSM02.mp3298-Lorenzo: “Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012” Part 1Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:44:22 -0800https://archive.org/download/298BruceLozoSM01/298-BruceLozoSM01.mp3CultureThis is the first in a series of three podcasts that will feature the presentations by Bruce Damer and Lorenzo at the January 28, 2012 workshop, which was held in the Los Angeles area. Today's segment includes Lorenzo's opening talk and comments from the attendees as well as a few remarks by Bruce. Following that part of the podcast is the Occupy Movement update, which features a conversation between Lawrence Lessig and Chris Hedges. During the course of their conversation they debate the relative merits of pushing for a Constitutional Convention verses non-violent civil disobedience. Also included is a sound bite from one of OccupyFreedomLA's live video feeds in which a speaker addresses the actions now being taken by those who are suffering from the foreclosure epidemic that is facing so many people in the U.S.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_FYYE-PnP2Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_FYYE-PnP2Y/298-BruceLozoSM01.mp3https://archive.org/download/298BruceLozoSM01/298-BruceLozoSM01.mp3https://archive.org/download/298BruceLozoSM01/298-BruceLozoSM01.mp3297-Various: “Tribute to Robert Anton Wilson”Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:00:54 -0800https://archive.org/download/297RAWtribute/297-RAWtribute.mp3CultureThe featured audio that I'm going to play in this podcast is part of a two-CD collection produced by Joe Matheny and given to the salon to podcast by the distributor, The Original Falcon Press, which you can find via originalfalcon.com. There isn't time to hear the entire collection, which is titled “Robert Anton Wilson Remembered”, but I've selected a representative sampling that I think gives a really well-rounded picture of this incredible mind as well as giving us a better idea of the wonderful person that his friends called Bob and the rest of us called RAW. The voices you will here are of:
Douglas Rushkoff
Antero Alli
Tiffany Lee Brown – don't know where she stands on OWS, but her talk sounds right out of the movement to me
Tiffany is followed by
David Jay Brown author of the “Mavericks of the Mind” and “Mavericks of Medicine” books
and the closing comments are by the producer and friend of the salon
Joseph Matheny
For the Occupy Segment, I first play a few minutes that I've taken from a three hour interview that Chris Hedges gave on CSPAN 2 on the first day of this year, and in it you will hear this Pulitzer Prize winning journalist explain how corporate personhood isn't just a threat to American Democracy, it is a threat to humanity itself. . . . Following that, I play a short speech for you that Senator Bernie Sanders gave on the Senate floor as he introduced an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that will strip personhood from corporations. After those two kind of heavy duty pieces. I lighten it up with a two minute clip of country music star Willie Nelson and his wife reading a poem that he wrote about the Occupy Movement. Finally, I close with a song that was written and is sung by a young man from Salt Lake City named Noel. And this is from a YouTube video I found where Noel was singing on Day 1 of the Occupy Salt Lake City street theater<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/TsNMcdzUExc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/TsNMcdzUExc/297-RAWtribute.mp3https://archive.org/download/297RAWtribute/297-RAWtribute.mp3https://archive.org/download/297RAWtribute/297-RAWtribute.mp3296-McKenna: “The World and It's Double” Part 2Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:47:57 -0800https://archive.org/download/296McKennaDoubleWorldPt12/296-McKennaDoubleWorldPt12.mp3CultureToday's podcast is a continuation of the lecture that I played in the podcast just previous to this one. And at one point in this talk, Terence McKenna says, “Let those who talk to the elves find each other and band together.” While that would be a great segue into another Occupy Movement podcast, I'm instead going to do just the opposite. Originally, I planned on splitting the talk I'm about to play into two more segments, each followed by another Occupy update. But after previewing it, I decided that it would be best to just play the remainder of this talk that Terence McKenna gave sometime in 1993, and I think he gave it on several occasions which most likely each differ slightly in content, but he called this series of lectures “The World and Its Double”. Here are a few Terence McKenna quotes from this lecture: “There are old psychedelicists and bold psychedelicists, but there are no old, bold psychedelicists.” … “[DMT] is a secret of such magnitude that it's inconceivable how it has ever been kept.” … and “We all want our children to be well-adjusted, unfortunately there is nothing to be well-adjusted too. So that's a real problem.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/LXTAk5NFvyE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/LXTAk5NFvyE/296-McKennaDoubleWorldPt12.mp3https://archive.org/download/296McKennaDoubleWorldPt12/296-McKennaDoubleWorldPt12.mp3https://archive.org/download/296McKennaDoubleWorldPt12/296-McKennaDoubleWorldPt12.mp3295-McKenna: “The World and It's Double” Part 1Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:10:00 -0800https://archive.org/download/295McKennaDoubleWorldPt1/295-McKennaDoubleWorldPt1.mp3CultureThe first part of today's podcast features Part 1 of a Terence McKenna talk that may have been given sometime in 1993. Interestingly, he makes a few statements that almost sound as if he is speaking about the Occupy Movement where he says, “We're literally at the end of our rope. Reason and science and the practice of unbridled capitalism have not delivered us into an angelic realm,” and “Boundary dissolution is the most threatening activity that can go on in a society. People, meaning government institutions, become very nervous when people begin to talk to each other.” … In the second half of this podcast I play an audio collage of happenings from the Occupy Movement. They include, a message from my friend Queer Ninja who is with Occupy Scotland. Then I've included a bit by Noam Chomsky, remarks from various Occupiers talking about the youth involvement and leadership of this movement, and they are followed by some farmers who are also involved. Next is a clip dealing with the civil justice aspects of what is going on, followed by a clip from the Occupy Boston group. Then comes Tina Dupuy who is a columnist and commentator and who points out how the Occupy Movement is changing the shape of local news stories as well as some things about student debt that you maybe haven't thought about. And to close it out you'll be hearing about one of the successful OccupyOurHomes actions where the home of a disabled Iraq vet was saved by the Occupy Atlanta people, and that segment ends with some words by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Lawery, and he is followed by the poet Teresa B., who is the neighbor of another family whose home was also saved by members of the Occupy Movement in New York.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/8V3P0H5AHNI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/8V3P0H5AHNI/295-McKennaDoubleWorldPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/295McKennaDoubleWorldPt1/295-McKennaDoubleWorldPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/295McKennaDoubleWorldPt1/295-McKennaDoubleWorldPt1.mp3294-Graeber: “The Genesis of Occupy Wall Street”Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:37:56 -0800https://archive.org/download/294GraeberOWS01/294-GraeberOWS01.mp3CultureToday's podcast takes a look back at some of the roots of the current Occupy Movement on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation marked the beginning of the Arab Spring. Today is also the eve of the third anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and so I have put together an audio collage that ranges from some early sounds of the movement to interviews with David Graeber and Tim Pool, as well as some comments by fellow saloner Jaret, and a couple of sound bites from Lawrence Lessig and Senator Bernie Sanders to round things out.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/FKx42yJIgNI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/FKx42yJIgNI/294-GraeberOWS01.mp3https://archive.org/download/294GraeberOWS01/294-GraeberOWS01.mp3https://archive.org/download/294GraeberOWS01/294-GraeberOWS01.mp3293-Bey: “The Power of Art and the TAZ”Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:19:06 -0800https://archive.org/download/293HakimBeyTAZ0084/293-HakimBeyTAZ0084.mp3CultureWhen I previewed this recording of a talk by Hakim Bey, author of “The Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ)” a couple of days ago, I was struck at how timely these ideas are right now. Although this talk was recorded in 1993, when Bey speaks about the power of art and that we as the audience must now become our own artists, well, he could have been speaking at a recent GA somewhere near you last night. It seems that the sentiments of the Occupy Movement have been bubbling just under the radar of the Establishment for a long time now. … and wait until you hear him shout, “Democratic Shamanism or Nothing!” … not to mention the part where he said that even if you are in a quilting bee you should be prepared to run guns and stage orgies. … and then he goes on to urge us to become “pirate utopians for peace” “guerillas of harmony”. Also, I have included a brief 1997 recording of Robert Anton Wilson who seems to be predicting the Occupy Movement.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SikiMu6jVS8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SikiMu6jVS8/293-HakimBeyTAZ0084.mp3https://archive.org/download/293HakimBeyTAZ0084/293-HakimBeyTAZ0084.mp3https://archive.org/download/293HakimBeyTAZ0084/293-HakimBeyTAZ0084.mp3292-Makana: “Interview of Makana with OWS”Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:45:22 -0800https://archive.org/download/292OccupyMakana/292-OccupyMakana.mp3Occupy Wall StreetAlthough I missed the beginning of this online meeting, from watching and listening to it, what appears to have taken place is that someone set up a big screen television in a room somewhere near Zuccotti Park and invited some of the people who were the first Occupiers of the park to have a video Skype chat with Makana. And as you'll hear, most of them had not yet even had a chance to hear his powerful song, the one that I played a couple of podcasts ago. Basically, here were five or six people just in from the front lines, and they were meeting with Makana for the first time. Here are a couple of things that Makana had to say, “This whole war that we're fighting is a war of consciousness verses ignorance, of controlling human behavior by controlling people's thoughts, by directing their awareness.” … “The only way we can bring about a revolution of freedom is to bring about a revolution of perception.” … Also I have included the brief talk that Deepak Chopra gave at the Occupy Los Angeles site a few days before it was overrun by the mayor's storm troopers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/j4yTPhSoi7Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/j4yTPhSoi7Q/292-OccupyMakana.mp3https://archive.org/download/292OccupyMakana/292-OccupyMakana.mp3https://archive.org/download/292OccupyMakana/292-OccupyMakana.mp3291-Wilson: “The 'I' In The Triangle” Part 2Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:19:57 -0800https://archive.org/download/291RAWTrianglePt2/291-RAW-TrianglePt2.mp3Consciousness, Occupy Wall StreetToday's talk is part two of the Robert Anton Wilson lecture given in a Santa Cruz, California book store sometime in 1990. He begins with the legend of the statues of the Black Virgin and then goes into more detail about the
Priory of Sion, the Vatican Bank and several other fascinating topics including how the CIA and the Mafia first got into bed together. One of my favorite quotes from this talk seems as if it came right from an Occupy Wall Street discussion. He said, “The only prediction I'll make is that everything is going to happen faster than we expect it.” … And in my Occupy Wall Street segment I feature the work of a phenomenal journalist by the name of Tim Pool who has been bringing live video feeds and wonderful commentary since day one. Also, I've included sound bites from Captain Raw Lewis of the Philadelphia police department and who was arrested while demonstrating as part of Occupy Wall Street. One of the closing segments is a brief interview with 80 year old Daniel Ellsberg, who was planning on spending the night in a tent at the Occupy Berkeley demonstration.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/sTIo6BU3J_M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/sTIo6BU3J_M/291-RAW-TrianglePt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/291RAWTrianglePt2/291-RAW-TrianglePt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/291RAWTrianglePt2/291-RAW-TrianglePt2.mp3290-Wilson: “The 'I' In The Triangle” Part 1Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:08:55 -0800https://archive.org/download/290RAWTrianglePt1/290-RAW-TrianglePt1.mp3OccultFor today's program I play the first half of a Robert Anton Wilson talk that was given without notes at a book store in Santa Cruz in 1990. The appearance was organized and recorded by our latest salon benefactor, Joe Matheny who along with The Original Falcon Press, who you can find at OriginalFalcon.com, have given me permission to play these Bob Wilson recordings even though they are currently selling them online as well. And while there is talk of the Illuminati, he brings things more current when he says, “And as a matter of fact, governments don't act, governments only react. The bankers make the decisions, and then governments decide how are we going to adjust to this. Government can't do anything unless the bank gives them the money to do it.” Following RAW's talk I continue with my regular commentary on the Occupy Movement, including sound bites from Occupy Oakland, Occupy Berkeley, and Occupy Portland. If you don't have time to listen to all of this podcast, be sure to at least not miss the last ten minutes of this podcast which features the amazing story of Makana the Mighty.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/XLRUMiFQyAs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/XLRUMiFQyAs/290-RAW-TrianglePt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/290RAWTrianglePt1/290-RAW-TrianglePt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/290RAWTrianglePt1/290-RAW-TrianglePt1.mp3289-Wilson: "The Lost Studio Session"Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:40:24 -0800https://archive.org/download/289RAWLostStudio/289-RAWLostStudio.mp3ConsciousnessI'm not really sure how to introduce this talk, which actually is a series of eight short vignettes about a wide range of topics. For example, who but Bob Wilson would be able to combine the idea of remaking the King Kong movie but staring Rush Limbaugh as King Kong and Hillary Clinton in Fay Ray's part, to combine that with a very novel idea of how popes are really elected is, to me, a wonderful stroke of genius. Some of RAWs other topics include his “Jumping Jesus Phenomenon”, and a very unique conjecture about the way Popes get elected. All-inALL it's a wonderful view of the genius of Robert Anton Wilson.
In the second half of the podcast, I continue with my Occupy commentary as of Day 53 of OWS. And this segment includes interesting talks by Michael Ruppert and Bill Moyers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/JDLpaC2LgPE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/JDLpaC2LgPE/289-RAWLostStudio.mp3https://archive.org/download/289RAWLostStudio/289-RAWLostStudio.mp3https://archive.org/download/289RAWLostStudio/289-RAWLostStudio.mp3288-McKenna: “What's So Great About Mushrooms?” Part 2Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:05:54 -0700https://archive.org/download/288McKennaGreatMonkeyPt2/288-McKennaGreatMonkeyPt2.mp3ConsciousnessToday's podcast comes in two parts. First comes the question and answer session with Terence McKenna in which he not only makes statements such as, “Acid heads are in charge of designing the cutting edge of culture,” but also makes a statement about our responsibility to the future that sounds almost as if he was talking about Occupy Wall Street, which is the focus of the second part of this podcast. In addition to some of my own thoughts about the Occupy Movement, I also play several sound bites that I've recorded during the past week from various live video streams. The last clip that I play is the rousing talk given by Michael Moore at a recent Occupy San Francisco demonstration.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/IGLgdwQkwCg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/IGLgdwQkwCg/288-McKennaGreatMonkeyPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/288McKennaGreatMonkeyPt2/288-McKennaGreatMonkeyPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/288McKennaGreatMonkeyPt2/288-McKennaGreatMonkeyPt2.mp3287-McKenna: “What's So Great About Mushrooms?” Part 1Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:21:40 -0700https://archive.org/download/287McKennaGreatMonkeyPt1/287-McKennaGreatMonkeyPt1.mp3ConsciousnessToday I'm beginning a slightly different format, the change being that after the lecture or interview, instead of adding my own comments about the talk, I will be covering various aspects of the Occupy movements now taking place all around the planet. … So today the talk is once again by Terence McKenna and is from sometime in 1987 when he was still fine tuning some of his ideas about the monkey and the mushroom. And even though I feel as if I've heard the monkey and the mushroom story too many times already, once again this version adds even more scientific detail to the story than I remember hearing before. … After the lecture by McKenna I talk about what went down at Occupy Oakland recently, and I play an interview from the Occupy Wall Street location with Chris Hedges as well as an interview with a young homeless man at Occupy Atlanta. To end the program I play “Homeless Land 9” by one of our fellow saloners, John Tackett.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/iYPG_fZ3hfU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/iYPG_fZ3hfU/287-McKennaGreatMonkeyPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/287McKennaGreatMonkeyPt1/287-McKennaGreatMonkeyPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/287McKennaGreatMonkeyPt1/287-McKennaGreatMonkeyPt1.mp3286-Leary: “The Revolution Continues with Timothy Leary” Part 3Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:45:53 -0700https://archive.org/download/286LearyKPFTPt3/286-LearyKPFTPt3.mp3RevolutionThis concludes the three part series of podcasts that include the entire Dr. Timothy Leary interview on KPFT in Houston, Texas on November 13, 1976, not long after Dr. Leary was released from prison. One of his many interesting comments in this part was, “There's perhaps less than ten percent of the population who should even consider, under the best circumstances of disciplined control, to take this drug, because LSD is not a hedonistic, laid-back, multi-orgasm drug. It really isn't. It's a neurological experience. It's a sixth circuit neuroelectric experience, and it's basically preparation for post-terrestrial life.” Also, Leary makes a very interesting point about President Kennedy attempting to turn the solution to a bad economy away from war and into space. Finally, I make my third comment about the Occupy demonstrations now taking place all over the world.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/YETBuA7_7wg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/YETBuA7_7wg/286-LearyKPFTPt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/286LearyKPFTPt3/286-LearyKPFTPt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/286LearyKPFTPt3/286-LearyKPFTPt3.mp3285-Leary: “The Revolution Continues with Timothy Leary” Part 2Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:01:04 -0700https://archive.org/download/285LearyKPFKPt2/285-LearyKPFKPt2.mp3RevolutionToday we continue with Part 2 of the interview that Dr. Timothy Leary gave on KPFT radio in Houston, Texas on November 13, 1976, just a few months after he was released from prison. We resume the interview at the point where Dr. Leary was defending his own sanity, but soon they move on to a preliminary discussion of Leary's 8-Circuit theories. Two of my favorite quotes from this interview are: “By and large I'm very proud of what happened in the Sixties, every aspect of our culture was reformed and revised and reviewed and improved.” And “We have to be gentle with each other because we are going through a period of mutations.” … At the end of the program I add some personal comments about how I see the OccupyTogether movement as a sign that hope for a better future yet remains.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/E_dcJHVhuCE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/E_dcJHVhuCE/285-LearyKPFKPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/285LearyKPFKPt2/285-LearyKPFKPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/285LearyKPFKPt2/285-LearyKPFKPt2.mp3284-Leary: "The Revolution Continues with Timothy Leary" Part 1Thu, 6 Oct 2011 15:42:09 -0700https://archive.org/download/284LearyKPFKPt1/284-LearyKPFKPt1.mp3RevolutionThis is the first part of an interview that Dr. Timothy Leary gave a few months after his release from prison in 1976. The interview took place in Houston, Texas for the local Pacifica Station, KPFT. Unlike most radio interviews, instead of just one person asking the questions this one consisted of a panel of men who at times seemed more like a board of inquiry of some kind. However, it doesn't take long for Dr. Leary to be in full command of the situation. And for historians who are interested in whether or not Leary gave evidence against one of his attorneys, you'll be quite pleased when the questions trend in this direction. … Following the first part of the Timothy Leary interview I play a few sound bites from the LiveStream.com/globalrevolution Web feed of events from the #occupywallstreet demonstrations.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/uJBT93Mu9LM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/uJBT93Mu9LM/284-LearyKPFKPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/284LearyKPFKPt1/284-LearyKPFKPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/284LearyKPFKPt1/284-LearyKPFKPt1.mp3283-Various: "Elves in the Machine"Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:02:57 -0700https://archive.org/download/283BarbaletDamerAL/283-BarbaletDamerAL.mp3Artificial LifeToday we are taking a slightly different tack and heading into the cyber world of Artificial Life, which may sound like a contradiction or may sound like life in the hectic Western world these days. While this field may be controversial to old-line scientists, of late it has gained more traction and is proving to be the source of much new understanding about the way life has come to be. Our hosts for this conversation are Tom Barbalet and Bruce Damer, two leaders in the field of AL and who are the cornerstones of Biota.org, the Web's leading site for AL information. Surprisingly, their discussion quickly turns from things only true geeks can love to speculations about the work of Terence McKenna, psychedelics, and the possibility that all of us may be in the process of becoming machine elves.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/pQYmEYmZMHE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/pQYmEYmZMHE/283-BarbaletDamerAL.mp3https://archive.org/download/283BarbaletDamerAL/283-BarbaletDamerAL.mp3https://archive.org/download/283BarbaletDamerAL/283-BarbaletDamerAL.mp3282-McKenna: "How Evolution Occurs"Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:01:13 -0700https://archive.org/download/282McKennaHowEvolution/282-McKennaHowEvolution.mp3EvolutionThis is another early Terence McKenna lecture that was given sometime in 1984. Particularly considering the year it was delivered, there is more talk about psychedelics and the psychedelic experience than could be found elsewhere. But McKenna doesn't confine himself to only talking about psychedelics. Other topics include some of his early thoughts about language, culture, and the fact that the psychedelic community may be some sort of mutant population that is just waiting for certain selective parameters to change and enable the mutants to steer our species in a new direction (or something like that). And while some of us may be tired of hearing his theories about glossolalia, this early talk of his gives not only a deeper insight to what intrigues him about this phenomenon, but also he carefully explains how he went about invoking it in a mushroom session. … Also, we hear a very clear explanation of how he views the possibility of immortality, and what he has to say may surprise you.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EqPD3Vbh1uo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EqPD3Vbh1uo/282-McKennaHowEvolution.mp3https://archive.org/download/282McKennaHowEvolution/282-McKennaHowEvolution.mp3https://archive.org/download/282McKennaHowEvolution/282-McKennaHowEvolution.mp3281-Workman: "Sacred Economics"Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:20:19 -0700https://archive.org/download/281WorkmanSacredEcon/281-WorkmanSacredEcon.mp3EconomicsIn today's podcast Matt Pallamary interviews Eileen Workman, co-founder of the Universe Project and who spent sixteen years working in the financial services industry, most recently as a First Vice President of Investments with a major Wall Street investment firm.
Her new book, Sacred Economics: The Currency of Life has been praised by many, including Barbara Marx Hubbard, co-founder and chairperson of the board of The Foundation for Conscious Evolution who says of it:
"Occasionally in human history a clear voice of good sense and compassion rises from the multitudes caught in the memetic mud of obsolete ideas about current reality. Thomas Jefferson was such a voice when he stated: "All men are created equal" at a time when there was no equality, at all. So now Eileen Workman sends a clear and intelligent message: We can live beyond the current monetary economy better, longer, kinder and more joyfully, and here is how to begin. Even though it might seem impossible, as the system continues to breakdown and the inequalities grow, her voice increasingly serves us as a guide to the next stage of evolutionary economics. We should all read it and place our faith and actions in the good sense it offers us, guiding us toward the next era of economics in the coming age."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/plCWLklvoqA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/plCWLklvoqA/281-WorkmanSacredEcon.mp3https://archive.org/download/281WorkmanSacredEcon/281-WorkmanSacredEcon.mp3https://archive.org/download/281WorkmanSacredEcon/281-WorkmanSacredEcon.mp3280-Various: "Peter Gorman Interviews Albert Hofmann"Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:29:14 -0700https://archive.org/download/280GormanHofmann/280-GormanHofmann.mp3LSDToday's program features what I consider to be the finest interview of Dr. Albert Hofmann that there is. It was conducted in 1993 via telephone by Peter Gorman, then the editor of “High Times” magazine. Thanks to Peter's excellent handling of this interview, we get to hear a relaxed Albert Hofmann, unscripted, and at the top of his form when it came to retelling the events of his first LSD trips. From his amusement at how the bicycle ride became so famous to a description of his work with R. Gordon Wasson in discovering psilocybin as the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, this interview is packed with stories that Dr. Hofmann seems to relish telling yet one more time again. And what was a new story for me was to hear Uncle Albert tell about smoking Salvia divinorum in Mexico with Wasson. … Furthermore, he explains why he was able to identify the active principle of magic mushrooms, psilocybin, when all the other labs failed … instead of using animals to test his extracts, he and his colleagues tested it on themselves. … And thanks to Peter's expert questioning, we get to hear what Dr. Hofmann thought about Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary. And it may surprise you to learn what he thought about the Hippies and their use of LSD … AND that he had tried MDMA!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/xRWNPgH0DAo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/xRWNPgH0DAo/280-GormanHofmann.mp3https://archive.org/download/280GormanHofmann/280-GormanHofmann.mp3https://archive.org/download/280GormanHofmann/280-GormanHofmann.mp3279-Various: "Peter Gorman Interviews the Elders"Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:53:41 -0700https://archive.org/download/279GormanGinsRamHux/279-GormanGinsRamHux.mp3LSDAs us Monty Python fans love to hear, “Now for something completely different.” Well, not really. But today's program is a little different in that instead of featuring just one speaker we have an audio collage that includes Allen Ginsberg, Ram Das, and Laura Huxley. A finer collection of psychedelic elders you would be hard-pressed to find.
First of all is a rare recording of a telephone interview of Allen Ginsberg by then “High Times” editor, Peter Gorman. When Gorman asked for a story about Timothy Leary, Ginsberg tells of the time that Leary came to his New York apartment to meet Jack Kerouac and they took psilocybin together Next is a brief conversation that Peter has with Ram Das during which we learn some more of the background of the early days at Millbrook and the interesting series of events that led up to going there. The last segment is another Peter Gorman interview, this time with Laura Huxley in which she tells of some of her own experiences with LSD. It's a short program but packed with interesting historical ancetdotes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ksEaDvCjBBU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ksEaDvCjBBU/279-GormanGinsRamHux.mp3https://archive.org/download/279GormanGinsRamHux/279-GormanGinsRamHux.mp3https://archive.org/download/279GormanGinsRamHux/279-GormanGinsRamHux.mp3278-Various: "Peter Gorman Interviews Oscar Janiger"Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:57:04 -0700https://archive.org/download/278JanigerGorman1993/278-JanigerGorman1993.mp3Psychedelic ResearchToday we get to hear a rare recording of Dr. Oscar Janiger, the Los Angeles psychiatrist who, from 1954 to 1962, gave LSD to almost 1,000 participants in his informal study. And is well known, some of the participants in this early psychedelic research included notable celebrities such as Cary Grant and Jack Nicholson. One of my favorite quotes from this podcast is when Dr. Janiger says, “[The Sixties was] a time when people began to see that what was laid down for them as obligatory reality was not obligatory.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ZWHHt3WTmbs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ZWHHt3WTmbs/278-JanigerGorman1993.mp3https://archive.org/download/278JanigerGorman1993/278-JanigerGorman1993.mp3https://archive.org/download/278JanigerGorman1993/278-JanigerGorman1993.mp3277-Various: "Peter Gorman Interviews Dennis McKenna" Part 2Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:30:53 -0700https://archive.org/download/277GormanDMcKennaPt2/277-GormanDMcKennaPt2.mp3ConsciousnessThis is the second part of a 1994 telephone interview that Peter Gorman (author and former editor of High Times Magazine) conducted with Dennis McKenna. In this part we learn of the curious coincidences that led Dennis to the successful conclusion of his own Ph.D. work and ends with an honest evaluation of his brother Terence's work. For example, at one point Dennis says, “He [Terence McKenna] will never let a fact get in the way of making a provocative statement. He's a good story teller, but I think it's important to remember that they are stories, and that he often makes mistakes in his lectures.” Later on in the podcast, Dennis follows up by saying, “I'm sure that Terence views it as theater. I can't believe that he takes what he says seriously. I mean, I can tell you that he doesn't. Much of what he says he says it because it's going to get a rise out of somebody. He's always been that way.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/jWinVcLZ90E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/jWinVcLZ90E/277-GormanDMcKennaPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/277GormanDMcKennaPt2/277-GormanDMcKennaPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/277GormanDMcKennaPt2/277-GormanDMcKennaPt2.mp3276-Various: "Peter Gorman Interviews Dennis McKenna" Part 1Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:06:00 -0700https://archive.org/download/276GormanDMcKennaPt1/276-GormanDMcKennaPt1.mp3ConsciousnessThis is the first part of an interview that Peter Gorman did with Dennis McKenna in 1994. In addition to hearing some interesting boyhood stories about the brothers McKenna, we learn of some of the things that were major influences on their lives. Peter's interviewing expertise shines through in many of the stories he elicits from Dennis, along with comments such as, “I think that ayahuasca is actually much more controllable than mushrooms. . . . I think that it is quite an amazing tool for self-understanding and for exploration. I think that it's good for you, actually physically and psychologically good for you.” Later, Dennis goes on to say, “I think that Christianity linked with Calvinism has a hard time dealing with what you might call facts of biology, which in another phrase is sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. In some ways, life is about sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. Biology is about those things.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ErFwiqUYfG0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ErFwiqUYfG0/276-GormanDMcKennaPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/276GormanDMcKennaPt1/276-GormanDMcKennaPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/276GormanDMcKennaPt1/276-GormanDMcKennaPt1.mp3275-McKenna: "The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience"Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:49:11 -0700https://archive.org/download/275McKennaBerkeley1983/275-McKennaBerkeley1983.mp3ConsciousnessIn this October 1983 talk given in Berkeley, California, Terence McKenna speaks about the unspeakable, the essence of various kinds of psychedelic experiences. In addition to hearing some of his early adaptations of his ideas about the importance of the evolution of language, we are treated to thoughts such as, "It seemed probable to me that this phenomenon encountered in deep psychedelic experiences with psilocybin actually has a potential historical impact. It is a kind of human ability, which is at present submerged in the psyche, contactable only by the shamanic means of journeying into historical hyperspace. In other words, of going into that place where the adumbrations of the future are intense enough that you can have an intimation, at least, of what is to come.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/gyqGfmi6zfk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/gyqGfmi6zfk/275-McKennaBerkeley1983.mp3https://archive.org/download/275McKennaBerkeley1983/275-McKennaBerkeley1983.mp3https://archive.org/download/275McKennaBerkeley1983/275-McKennaBerkeley1983.mp3274-Shulgin: "Psychedelic Safety"Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:23:00 -0700https://archive.org/download/274AShulginKent/274-AShulgin-Kent.mp3PsychedelicsToday I'm going to play two talks that I've wanted to get out to you for a while but just never seemed to get around to them. The first talk is a somewhat informal question and answer session that Ann Shulgin led just after one of Sasha's talks at the 2001 Entheobotany Conference in Palenque, Mexico. As you'll hear, the Palenque sessions were generally small, informal, and full of interesting information, much of which came from the audience.
The second talk was given by Dr. William Rowlandson, who is co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Myth at the University of Kent. And the talk he gave is titled: “Borges and McKenna – Iconoclasm, Boundary Dissolution, and Living Symbolically”.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/FCIHBCTWEvQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/FCIHBCTWEvQ/274-AShulgin-Kent.mp3https://archive.org/download/274AShulginKent/274-AShulgin-Kent.mp3https://archive.org/download/274AShulginKent/274-AShulgin-Kent.mp3273-Harrison: "Indigenous Plant Wisdom"Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:39:13 -0700https://archive.org/download/273HarrisonPlantWisdom/273-HarrisonPlantWisdom.mp3EthnobotanyToday we return to another of the presentations by Kathleen “Kat” Harrison at the 2001 Entheobotany Conference that was held near the ruins at Palenque, Mexico. If you have ever wondered what people are talking about when they tell of the wisdom of indigenous people in regards to ways in which this Earth is covered with interconnected life, this is a talk that will give you a deep understanding of how wise these people are. While their lives may seem simple on the outside, these fellow humans are living lives of great complexity, and with significantly deeper connections to the planet than most city-folk have.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/7CD4Mn2rgD4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/7CD4Mn2rgD4/273-HarrisonPlantWisdom.mp3https://archive.org/download/273HarrisonPlantWisdom/273-HarrisonPlantWisdom.mp3https://archive.org/download/273HarrisonPlantWisdom/273-HarrisonPlantWisdom.mp3272-Leary: "On the Genetic Runway"Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:57:54 -0700https://archive.org/download/272LearyEvolution/272-LearyEvolution.mp3EvolutionIn this podcast we get to hear another recording from the Timothy Leary Archive. This talk was given sometime in the early 1980s in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota to an audience of about 200 people. Leary's main topic for the evening was evolution and ways in which he disagreed with the standard Darwinian approach to evolution. In his view, evolution is a hands-on project that we all are involved with. Along the way, Timothy delivers a few of the memorable gems that we've come to expect from him, such as, "I like the Pope. I think he's the finest mind of the 12th century,” and “I've always hated the Second Law of Thermodynamics.” But he also has his moments of seriousness like when he says, “One thing that drugs give you: Personal options to change your own mind, a way of rewarding yourself, of teaching yourself, of activating yourself, of changing yourself. And one thing that the power-holders do not want you to do as an individual is to change your own mind and learn how to reward yourself.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/oCflinwoQAU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/oCflinwoQAU/272-LearyEvolution.mp3https://archive.org/download/272LearyEvolution/272-LearyEvolution.mp3https://archive.org/download/272LearyEvolution/272-LearyEvolution.mp3271-Harrison: "Weaving Modern Ritual from Traditional Roots"Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:22:45 -0700https://archive.org/download/271KatHarrisonRitual/271-KatHarrisonRitual.mp3RitualToday's program features a talk that Kat Harrison gave during the January 2001 Entheobotany Conference at Palenque, Mexico. In it she teaches some of the many ways to create modern rituals, along with the reasons why this is so important. Along the way, Kat tells what it was like to come of age during the period we now call The Sixties. She has practical advice as well, such as: “Why one [psychedelic medicine] may be your best friend's ally and not your ally is a mystery. And maybe you can solve that mystery and maybe not. But you should honor the fact that some things work for you and some things are not your medicine, even though everyone around you appears to be having a good time.” Another wise thought of hers is, “You don't lead with your head. You let your heart and your body tell you what to do in these [introspective psychedelic] moments. Then if you think it's time to get up and bolt out into the street, you let your head come in and tell you, 'Don't! Sit down. You're not going anywhere.' ”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/11pO-LVtyVE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/11pO-LVtyVE/271-KatHarrisonRitual.mp3https://archive.org/download/271KatHarrisonRitual/271-KatHarrisonRitual.mp3https://archive.org/download/271KatHarrisonRitual/271-KatHarrisonRitual.mp3270-McKenna: "Tryptamine Consciousness"Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:21:48 -0700https://archive.org/download/270McKennaTripConsc1982/270-McKennaTripConsc1982.mp3ConsciousnessThis marks the sixth anniversary of podcasts from the Psychedelic Salon, and it features yet another old Terence McKenna lecture. This one was given in December of 1982, which was in the early days of his public speaking career. McKenna's focus for the talk is an exploration of what happens once a person ingests a psychedelic substance in the tryptamine family. And while he tells some stories about using these substances that sound quite inviting, he also adds the caution that: “I think one of the interesting things about judging a drug is to see how eager people are to do it the second time. If they're eager to do it the second time it's probably not worth bothering about, because what is necessary to have validity in these experiences is the terror. The terror is a stamp of validity on the experience, because it means this is real.” And on a more positive note he adds: “The future is bound to be psychedelic because the future belongs to the mind.”
Also, in this podcast I announce the availability of my novel, “The Genesis Generation,” as an eBook that is available on Amazon and other online retailing Web sties.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/xhb9SuwQHaw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/xhb9SuwQHaw/270-McKennaTripConsc1982.mp3https://archive.org/download/270McKennaTripConsc1982/270-McKennaTripConsc1982.mp3https://archive.org/download/270McKennaTripConsc1982/270-McKennaTripConsc1982.mp3269-Ott: "Inebriating Potions from Agave"Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:00:40 -0700https://archive.org/download/269OttAgaveMS2004/269-OttAgaveMS2004.mp3BotanyToday we re-join Jonathan Ott at the 2004 Mind States conference in Oaxaca, Mexico. Here is what the conference program had to say about this talk:
Jonathan Ott will give a talk titled “From Octli/Pulque and Xochioctli to Mezcal and Vino de Mezcal Tequila”.
The ethnopharmacognosy of inebriating pre-Columbian potions based on octli or pulque, wine of various species of Agave, with special reference to numerous inebriating additives; traditional foods and beverages made from mezcal Agaves; and colonial development of distilled mezcal from fermented, cooked mezcal Agaves. Finally, more recent development of Vino de Mezcal Tequila or Tequila, a regional type of mezcal brandy, from cooked hearts of Agave tequillense or blue agave.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/cyaaw3dibgQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/cyaaw3dibgQ/269-OttAgaveMS2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/269OttAgaveMS2004/269-OttAgaveMS2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/269OttAgaveMS2004/269-OttAgaveMS2004.mp3268-Leary: "Leary vs. Liddy - 1990 Debate"Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:55:30 -0700https://archive.org/download/268LearyLiddy101990/268LearyLiddy10-1990.mp3War on DrugsThis program is another selection from the Timothy Leary archive. It features an October 1990 debate at Penn State University between Dr. Leary and his arch-enemy, the scandalous G. Gordon Liddy. One of my favorite segments in this debate, which wasn't all that polite at times, is when Leary pointed out the fact that he had spent more time in the U.S. Military service than Liddy had, but that Liddy had spent more time in prison than Leary had. Another Leary gem is when he said, “As far as this election is concerned, I urge you, don't vote for either a Democrat or a Republican. It just encourages the bastards.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Be3yUJhfPog" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Be3yUJhfPog/268LearyLiddy10-1990.mp3https://archive.org/download/268LearyLiddy101990/268LearyLiddy10-1990.mp3https://archive.org/download/268LearyLiddy101990/268LearyLiddy10-1990.mp3267-McKenna: "Exploring the Abyss"Wed, 25 May 2011 19:37:32 -0700https://archive.org/download/267McKennaExploringAbyss1982/267-McKennaExploringAbyss1982.mp3DeathIn this early (November 1982) Terence McKenna lecture we hear him describe what took place during what he calls “The Experiment at La Chorrera” as “very loose science or very tight magic”. We also hear some of his earliest formulations of what ultimately became his most-remembered lines of thought. One of my favorite quotes from this talk is: “This situation called 'history' is totally unique. It will only last for a moment. It began a moment ago. It will only last for a moment. But in that moment there is like this tremendous burst of static as the monkey goes to godhood.” And along the way he again presents solid arguments as to why the psychedelic experience is of such great importance to the future of our species. In particular, he singles out the process of dying as one that can benefit from what is learned through the intelligent use of psychedelics.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ht4kgkJQGuk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ht4kgkJQGuk/267-McKennaExploringAbyss1982.mp3https://archive.org/download/267McKennaExploringAbyss1982/267-McKennaExploringAbyss1982.mp3https://archive.org/download/267McKennaExploringAbyss1982/267-McKennaExploringAbyss1982.mp3266-McKenna: "Interview with Dennis McKenna"Tue, 17 May 2011 20:11:39 -0700https://archive.org/download/266DennisMcKennaWKCR2011/266-DennisMcKennaWKCR2011.mp3ConsciousnessDennis McKenna (in a wide-ranging interview with David Ellenbogen for WKCR 89.9 FM in New York City) gives us some of his views on the neurochemistry of the brain and where and how he sees consciousness fitting into the big picture of the cosmos. And his views on ayahuasca are worth hearing. For example, Dennis says, “Ayahuasca is now a global phenomenon, and this is part of the plants' reaching out, trying to reach out to larger groups of people and basically hit us upside the head with a two by four and say, 'Hey you monkeys wake up! You're fucking it up! You have to wake up.' ” As to how one goes about finding the vine experience, he wisely concludes, “I think ayahuasca is perfectly capable of finding the people it needs, and the people who need to find ayahuasca will find it. And there's no need for cults or movements or very much human intervention, although a lot of people will be convinced that we must do this.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/7dTMpbyrdpo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/7dTMpbyrdpo/266-DennisMcKennaWKCR2011.mp3https://archive.org/download/266DennisMcKennaWKCR2011/266-DennisMcKennaWKCR2011.mp3https://archive.org/download/266DennisMcKennaWKCR2011/266-DennisMcKennaWKCR2011.mp3265-Hart:: "Lawyers Lie"Wed, 11 May 2011 11:36:40 -0700https://archive.org/download/265HartMateo/265-HartMateo.mp3“Lawyers Lie” is the title of a book by attorney Eric Hart who is interviewed in this podcast by frequent contributor to the salon, Matt Pallamary. And Eric doesn't mince words when asked very direct questions, such as what do you do if stopped by the police when you have been smoking cannabis in your car. Eric's replay is: “[If you are in police custody] Never say a word. Don't ever talk to the cops under any circumstance. If you're a suspect, or you're being arrested, nothing can be gained from it. They will twist whatever you say. It can only be used against you, just like the famous Miranda advisement. You have a right to remain silent. So remain silent. Even if they're yelling and screaming at you to talk, refuse to talk. That's a basic right that you have. It's one of the only effective rights we have left from the Bill of Rights. So exercise that right, or else whatever you say will be twisted around, and it will end up leading to your conviction.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/TLM_Axz5ZI8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/TLM_Axz5ZI8/265-HartMateo.mp3https://archive.org/download/265HartMateo/265-HartMateo.mp3https://archive.org/download/265HartMateo/265-HartMateo.mp3264-Leary: "The Search for AI"Tue, 3 May 2011 15:31:26 -0700https://archive.org/download/264Leary1983TorontoAI/264-Leary1983TorontoAI.mp3Artificial IntelligenceToday's podcast features a recording from the Timothy Leary archive. According to the label on the file, this is a recording of a television show that originated in Toronto, Canada. It was called Enterprise, or something like that, and this program took place sometime in 1983. The guest host that night was none other than Dr. Timothy Leary, and his topic for discussion that evening was Artificial Intelligence. … For me, one of the highlights was to hear a famous MIT professor predict that home computers would never catch on!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/QjXYha2x0jI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/QjXYha2x0jI/264-Leary1983TorontoAI.mp3https://archive.org/download/264Leary1983TorontoAI/264-Leary1983TorontoAI.mp3https://archive.org/download/264Leary1983TorontoAI/264-Leary1983TorontoAI.mp3263-McKenna: "The Last Interview" Part 2Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:55:35 -0700https://archive.org/download/263McKennaDavisPt2/263-McKennaDavisPt2.mp3DeathIn this final part of Erik Davis' interview with Terence McKenna, not long before his death, Terence talks about life and death and ways in which psychedelics have somewhat prepared him to face his own imminent death. Near the end of this interview he says, “Given how weird life has been, why rush to prejudge death. It's bound to be mighty strange, life was mighty strange, and I'm curious. … It's an interesting situation to be told that you have a very limited amount of life left, because it composes your mind for you, wonderfully.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Ssm136c_e8o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Ssm136c_e8o/263-McKennaDavisPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/263McKennaDavisPt2/263-McKennaDavisPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/263McKennaDavisPt2/263-McKennaDavisPt2.mp3262-McKenna: "The Last Interview" Part 1Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:35:32 -0700https://archive.org/download/262McKennaDavisPt1/262-McKennaDavisPt1.mp3Psychedelic ThinkingThis is Part 1 of the last interview given by Terence McKenna before his untimely death in April 2000. The interview was conducted by Erik Davis for later publication in Wired Magazine. This recording was made by Erik while at Terence's home in Hawaii at the end of October 1999. And as long ago as that, Terence was already making a plea to support Internet Neutrality, as can be heard in statements like this, “Now let's see if information can liberate. That's why I don't want to do something stupid like die and miss the whole unfoldment of this proposition that knowledge is power, information will liberate. And it will be settled in the next ten or fifteen years. Either they'll get a handle on it, whoever 'they' are, whatever a 'handle means. Or it will slip from their control, and it will be clear that some kind of dialogue is now going on between individual human beings and the sum total of human knowledge, and that nothing can stop it, that some kind of Renaissance, some kind of total new relationship to knowledge and possibility is put in place.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EPpVE-ZXDqA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EPpVE-ZXDqA/262-McKennaDavisPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/262McKennaDavisPt1/262-McKennaDavisPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/262McKennaDavisPt1/262-McKennaDavisPt1.mp3261-McKenna: "The Definitive UFO Tape"Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:58:28 -0700https://archive.org/download/261McKennaDefUFO/261-McKennaDefUFO.mp3UFOsThis recording is from the box of cassette tapes that Dianna Slattery sent me a few months back. And I picked it for several reasons. The first one being that it is the oldest recording of Terence McKenna that I've come across so far. It's from December of 1982, and apparently was recorded in someone's living room.
Interestingly, it was in a case labeled “Psilocybin & The Sands of Time”. But then the tape inside the box was itself labeled “The Definitive UFO Tape Terence McKenna Dec. 1982” As you will hear, right off the bat, the first question to Terence refers to the “two” books he had written at that point. And he answers by saying that he kept most of his UFO ideas out of The Invisible Landscape. Then he refers to what he calls “the second work, titled, Psilocybin and the UFOs”. No matter what your opinion is about this topic, I think you will find something in this talk to support your hypothesis. It may well be the “definitive” discourse about this subject.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/oin3LjBTI4Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/oin3LjBTI4Q/261-McKennaDefUFO.mp3https://archive.org/download/261McKennaDefUFO/261-McKennaDefUFO.mp3https://archive.org/download/261McKennaDefUFO/261-McKennaDefUFO.mp3260-Damer: "The Great Crescendo" Part 2Tue, 5 Apr 2011 11:16:18 -0700https://archive.org/download/260DamerCrescendoPt2/260-DamerCrescendoPt2.mp3FutureIn the second part of Bruce Damer's interview with film maker Matt Anderson he expands on his concept of a Great Crescendo and among other thought-provoking ideas he says, “You're here not because something put you here and fabricated you and guided the evolution and created the whole planet. It's an emergent phenomenon and so are you. And you are an ongoing story, and the story is written in your genes, but it is also written in your mind. And you have responsibility for this amazing emergent phenomenon.” And even more provocatively he goes on to say, “You don't need religion for miracles. The fact that you exist in all this existence is stacked upon miracles, turtles all the way down. So if we grok that, we don't need religious stories any more.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/swkCuH9DKYM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/swkCuH9DKYM/260-DamerCrescendoPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/260DamerCrescendoPt2/260-DamerCrescendoPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/260DamerCrescendoPt2/260-DamerCrescendoPt2.mp3259-Damer: "The Great Crescendo" Part 1Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:11:24 -0700https://archive.org/download/259DamerCrescendoPt1/259-DamerCrescendoPt1.mp3CultureToday we once again join Bruce Damer who explains what he means by The Great Crescendo, which like it or not you are already involved in. This talk is actually part of an interview he did with Matt Anderson for his upcoming documentary film FallWinterMovie.com. As always, Bruce gets right to the heart of the matter when he says, “I think in a sense it's the dialogue, it is the control of the dialogue that is the problem here. It's the battle of the airwaves. It's the people we didn't nominate to talk back to us and tell us what our culture is and what our future is and what our politics are. That is the problem. That's the primary problem.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/-Niv5oHhTns" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/-Niv5oHhTns/259-DamerCrescendoPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/259DamerCrescendoPt1/259-DamerCrescendoPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/259DamerCrescendoPt1/259-DamerCrescendoPt1.mp3258-McKenna: "The Angel in the Monkey"Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:54:54 -0700https://archive.org/download/258McKennaAngelMonkey/258-McKennaAngelMonkey.mp3LorenzoPsychedelicsToday we once again go back in time and join Terence McKenna as he talks about extraterrestrials, psychedelics, and the angel in the monkey. Among other little gems, he says: “This is where I think the psychedelics come in because they are anticipations of the future. They seem to channel information that is not strictly governed by the laws of normal causality. So that there really is a prophetic dimension, a glimpse of the potential of the far centuries of the future through these compounds.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/0u3fbVDZlrw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/0u3fbVDZlrw/258-McKennaAngelMonkey.mp3https://archive.org/download/258McKennaAngelMonkey/258-McKennaAngelMonkey.mp3https://archive.org/download/258McKennaAngelMonkey/258-McKennaAngelMonkey.mp3257-Shulgin: "Sasha in Palenque 2001"Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:35:34 -0700https://archive.org/download/257ShulginPalenque2001/257-ShulginPalenque2001.mp3Sasha ShulginPsychedelic ResearchToday we get to listen to a talk given by Sasha Shulgin in 2001 at the legendary Entheobotany Conference in Palenque, Mexico. In his lecture Sasha covers the ever-increasing restrictions on chemical research that are imposed by the U.S. Government as well as how he first became interested in psychedelic research. He also provides a few examples of his methodology in developing new compounds.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/iBo8BtvcPbA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/iBo8BtvcPbA/257-ShulginPalenque2001.mp3https://archive.org/download/257ShulginPalenque2001/257-ShulginPalenque2001.mp3https://archive.org/download/257ShulginPalenque2001/257-ShulginPalenque2001.mp3256-Ott: "A Drug Enhancer Called Chocolate"Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:36:55 -0800https://archive.org/download/256OttChocolateOaxaca/256-OttChocolateOaxaca.mp3ChocolateToday we get to hear a talk that Jonathan Ott gave in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2004. In it he not only provides a wealth of information about the many and varied uses of cacao throughout the centuries as well as an examination of many of the psychoactive ingredients that have been used with chocolate through the ages. There is a great deal of information here, particularly for the botanists, chemists, and shamans among us.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9iwexAlndMg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9iwexAlndMg/256-OttChocolateOaxaca.mp3https://archive.org/download/256OttChocolateOaxaca/256-OttChocolateOaxaca.mp3https://archive.org/download/256OttChocolateOaxaca/256-OttChocolateOaxaca.mp3255-Watts: "Why Is Christianity Afraid of Sex?"Fri, 7 Jan 2011 21:18:28 GMThttps://archive.org/download/255WattsChristianitySex/255-WattsChristianitySex.mp3SexA person claiming to be Alan Watts' son says he owns the copyright to this talk. Although he offered no proof of who he is or of ownership, his threat of a lawsuit has caused me to remove this program, as I can't afford a lawyer to fight what I believe is a bogus claim. .... PROGRAM NOTES . . .
Today I'm featuring an old Alan Watts lecture that is floating around the Net under various names and in several recordings, possibly from different venues. After listening to it, I decided to add to the confusion by calling it "Why Is Christianity Afraid of Sex?" While other religions are also covered, Watts focuses primarily on Christianity and it's obsessively negative preoccupation with almost all sexual activities. Two of my favorite quotes from this talk are: "Most churches in America and in England and in other parts of the Western world are, frankly, sexual regulation societies." ... and ... "If you've got a prudish father and mother you should be very grateful to them for having made sex so interesting."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/l-_gXCfUVGc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/l-_gXCfUVGc/255-WattsChristianitySex.mp3https://archive.org/download/255WattsChristianitySex/255-WattsChristianitySex.mp3https://archive.org/download/255WattsChristianitySex/255-WattsChristianitySex.mp3254-McKenna: "Psilocybin and the Sands of Time"Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:51:42 GMThttps://archive.org/download/254McKennaSandsTime/254-McKennaSandsTime.mp3PsychedelicsToday's talk is part of a Terence McKenna workshop held at Esalen Institute in California sometime in December of 1982. And while his talk is primarily a call to those interested in exploring psychedelic realms, he also has this to say: "I think [taking psychedelic drugs] is very dangerous. I do not tell people that it's safe because I don't have the faith that it's safe. I know what the pharmacological literature says, and it says that it's safe. That at the doses where these effects occur there can't possibly be a problem, but this seems to me to be the naivete of materialists, and we shouldn't be in a hurry to believe them even though it might make us more comfortable to do so. In other words, it's saying the drug may not be toxic, but you may be self-toxic, and you may discover this in the drug experience."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/j5I7sMOOmcE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/j5I7sMOOmcE/254-McKennaSandsTime.mp3https://archive.org/download/254McKennaSandsTime/254-McKennaSandsTime.mp3https://archive.org/download/254McKennaSandsTime/254-McKennaSandsTime.mp3253-Leary: "Whatever Happened to Timothy Leary?"Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:44:31 GMThttps://archive.org/download/253LearyRamDas1973/253-LearyRamDas1973.mp3CultureToday's podcast is a collage of talks by Timothy Leary and Ram Das. We begin with a 1966 interview of Dr. Leary on KPFK radio in Berkeley. That is followed by a 1973 interview with Ram Das on the same station and in which Ram Das discusses the end of his involvement with Leary as well as his thoughts about why everything came apart at the seams. The last segment is part of a 1986 interview of Timothy Leary on the Larry King on his radio program. As expected, Leary ends with a call to think for yourself: "I love institutions. They're intelligence tests. Institutions are prisons that you have to escape from. . . . The only thing is don't get trapped in them. The most addictive, dangerous, mind-screwing thing in the world is conformity to an organization."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/J62hwAY1BVY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/J62hwAY1BVY/253-LearyRamDas1973.mp3https://archive.org/download/253LearyRamDas1973/253-LearyRamDas1973.mp3https://archive.org/download/253LearyRamDas1973/253-LearyRamDas1973.mp3252-Adams: "How Do Psychedelics Heal?"Wed, 1 Dec 2010 23:48:55 GMThttps://archive.org/download/252AdamsKent2010/252-AdamsKent2010.mp3MedicineThis podcast could be called the "All England" edition, for both of the speakers you will hear from come to us from the UK. The main program is a talk given by Dr. Cameron Adams to the Student Psychedelic Society at the University of Kent. In his talk Dr. Adams explains some of the biochemistry involved in mystical and psychedelic experiences in a way that is very easy to follow. At the end of today’s program I also play a short segment from a recent podcast from Dopefiend.co.uk in which the Dopefiend perfectly echos my sentiments about the recent defeat of California's Proposition 19.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/0TnsYJOJcTw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/0TnsYJOJcTw/252-AdamsKent2010.mp3https://archive.org/download/252AdamsKent2010/252-AdamsKent2010.mp3https://archive.org/download/252AdamsKent2010/252-AdamsKent2010.mp3251-McKenna: "The Magic of Plants (Rites of Spring)" Part 4Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:17:12 GMThttps://archive.org/download/251McKennaPlantMagicPt4/251-McKennaPlantMagicPt4.mp3EvolutionThis podcast brings us to the last part of the April 1986 workshop conducted by Kat Harrison and Terence McKenna under the Teaching Tree at the Ojai Foundation in California. I almost didn't play this part because I was afraid that it would just be a rehash of his "monkeys eating mushrooms" story. But then as I got further into it, I realized that this was one of his earliest public accounts of this hypothesis, which was first suggested to him by his brother Dennis. And since this was one of his earlier accounts he added a lot more detail than I've heard before, poetic details I guess you would say, but in any event, just like in the last podcast where he gave a more clear explanation of his Timewave idea, in this talk you will hear what I think is perhaps his best explanation of how he thought us humans first began to expand our consciousness beyond mere animal consciousness.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/zSSO8yhTUro" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/zSSO8yhTUro/251-McKennaPlantMagicPt4.mp3https://archive.org/download/251McKennaPlantMagicPt4/251-McKennaPlantMagicPt4.mp3https://archive.org/download/251McKennaPlantMagicPt4/251-McKennaPlantMagicPt4.mp3250-McKenna: "The Magic of Plants (Rites of Spring)" Part 3Mon, 8 Nov 2010 18:46:59 GMThttps://archive.org/download/250McKennaPlantMagicPt3/250-McKennaPlantMagicPt3.mp3PsychedelicsToday we pick up with Terence McKenna in the middle of his "good shit" story, but we are then rewarded with his telling of the origin of the fable of the good shit, that it first originated in Java. From there the topics were determined by questions from the participants. One such question resulted in this answer, "The interesting thing about outer space, we are not going to go 'through' space to other worlds, that will be very incidental to going into space. Going into space means going into space, that space itself is a medium with unique properties for a species such as ourselves." ... About midway through this talk Terence gives one of the most beautiful descriptions of the psychedelic experience that I can ever remember hearing. And he ends with this rousing thought, "The culmination of man's god-making effort in time will be the perfection and the release of the human soul. And it's not that we are 'doing' it, you see. It's that a natural law that we were previously unaware of is inexorably unfolding."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/C-bL0grbKDA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/C-bL0grbKDA/250-McKennaPlantMagicPt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/250McKennaPlantMagicPt3/250-McKennaPlantMagicPt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/250McKennaPlantMagicPt3/250-McKennaPlantMagicPt3.mp3249-McKenna: "The Magic of Plants (Rites of Spring)" Part 2Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:02:12 GMThttps://archive.org/download/249McKennaPlantMagicPt2/249-McKennaPlantMagicPt2.mp3PsychedelicsIn this second installment of a 1986 workshop at the Ojai Foundation in California, Terence McKenna and Kat Harrison continue expanding on their views of the world from a psychedelic perspective. As usual, Terence waxes eloquent on thoughts such as, "This is the anguish of the ancestors. This is the sacred trust that must not be betrayed. The pogroms, and the invasions, and the atrocities conducted across history can only be, somehow, redeemed if we, who are the living wavefront of this genetic experience do not fumble the ball. All our ancestors are watching to see how we will do." And then he ends with his famous "good shit" story that took place during the La Chorrera experiments.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Hs2hIVBW8CQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Hs2hIVBW8CQ/249-McKennaPlantMagicPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/249McKennaPlantMagicPt2/249-McKennaPlantMagicPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/249McKennaPlantMagicPt2/249-McKennaPlantMagicPt2.mp3248-McKenna: "The Magic of Plants (Rites of Spring)" Part 1Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:40:48 GMThttps://archive.org/download/248McKennaPlantMagicPt1/248-McKennaPlantMagicPt1.mp3PsychedelicsThis 1986 talk given by Terence McKenna at the Ojai Foundation in California features one of his greatest feats of poetic fancy as he describes his vision of a parallel Earth that bypassed Christianity and in which the ancient Greek alchemists joined with the Mayans to form a global psychedelic world that now is rejoining our through dreams, UFO experiences, and psychedelic voyages ... or something like that. But for sure it is classic Terence. Not to be missed if you love his flights of fancy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/QlnY4wpeURM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/QlnY4wpeURM/248-McKennaPlantMagicPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/248McKennaPlantMagicPt1/248-McKennaPlantMagicPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/248McKennaPlantMagicPt1/248-McKennaPlantMagicPt1.mp3247-Watts: "On Being God and Death"Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:34:08 GMThttps://archive.org/download/247WattsDivineDeath/247-WattsDivineDeath.mp3PsychoanalysisA person claiming to be Alan Watts' son says he owns the copyright to this talk. Although he offered no proof of who he is or of ownership, his threat of a lawsuit has caused me to remove this program, as I can't afford a lawyer to fight what I believe is a bogus claim. . . . PROGRAM NOTES . . .
In this two part program we hear Alan Watts talking first about the divine spark that is within us all and how modern psychiatry, with its endless drug prescriptions, leads away from that ideal. For example, Watts says at one point: "Indeed one might say that psychoanalysis is based on Newtonian mechanics and in fact could be called psycho-hydrolics." ... The second short talk, also by Watts, concerns the usually avoided topic of death, and by the time he reaches the end of this little piece he has definitely convinced me to not worry about the inevitable.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/mwrOWvVrM3o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/mwrOWvVrM3o/247-WattsDivineDeath.mp3https://archive.org/download/247WattsDivineDeath/247-WattsDivineDeath.mp3https://archive.org/download/247WattsDivineDeath/247-WattsDivineDeath.mp3246-Damer: "Elves, Egos, and Avatars"Tue, 5 Oct 2010 05:17:56 GMThttps://archive.org/download/246DamerBaddahfield2010/246-DamerBaddahfield2010.mp3EgoIn today's podcast we join Bruce Damer for his 2010 talk at the Buddhafield Festival. He titled this talk "Elves, Egos, and Avatars" and integrated a couple of Terence McKenna sound bites into the mix, along with an exploration of some of Eckhart Tolle's ideas about ego. He ends with a question we all should be asking ourselves, "It's the strength of the survivors that's always going to get you through. So how do we create a critical mass of people ready for the next phase, ready to build that new Earth?" ... I end the podcast with a brief remembrance of my brother, Dr. Miguel Jose Hagerty-Fox.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/xAbAdkBfZzk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/xAbAdkBfZzk/246-DamerBaddahfield2010.mp3https://archive.org/download/246DamerBaddahfield2010/246-DamerBaddahfield2010.mp3https://archive.org/download/246DamerBaddahfield2010/246-DamerBaddahfield2010.mp3245-McKenna: "UFOs: Angels, Aliens, and Archetypes"Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:20:57 GMThttps://archive.org/download/245McKennaAngelsArch/245-McKennaAngelsArch.mp3UFOsHaving witnessed a UFO “at close range” himself, it is no wonder that Terence McKenna takes the phenomenon of unidentified astral objects quite seriously. However, that doesn't mean that he has any better idea what they are than you and I do. One of my favorite ideas of his from this podcast is when he says: “Are we being visited? Or is there another tenant in the building that we are unaware of?" ... Another interesting concept he plays with is: "I believe that that is the purpose of the UFO, to inject uncertainty into the male-dominated, paternalistic, rational, solar myth under which we are suffering." After his 40 minute UFO talk I also included a nine minute sound bite from a 1991 impromptu appearance in Mannheim where he says: "This is why psychedelics are illegal. They don't care whether people jump out of windows or any of that. They're not interested in public health. They do not want people to take back their minds."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ZVFfeZetiQw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ZVFfeZetiQw/245-McKennaAngelsArch.mp3https://archive.org/download/245McKennaAngelsArch/245-McKennaAngelsArch.mp3https://archive.org/download/245McKennaAngelsArch/245-McKennaAngelsArch.mp3244-Leary: "From Mind to Supermind"Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:01:59 GMThttps://archive.org/download/244LearySB1985/244-LearySB1985.mp3EvolutionOnce again we hear how wonderfully optimistic Dr. Timothy Leary was when we were just 15 years short of the millennium. Although we now can see how hopelessly naive he was at the time, I still find his still youth-filled, optimistic enthusiasm quite refreshing, especially for the times we are now it. And while there are a few messages and stories we have heard from the good doctor before, his re-telling of them is always fresh. By the end of his talk, which was given in Santa Barbara, California on the 28th of January in 1985, he gives us an insight as to how he was seeing the personal computer revolution right as it was just then beginning to take form.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/yfdsIuM9V0U" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/yfdsIuM9V0U/244-LearySB1985.mp3https://archive.org/download/244LearySB1985/244-LearySB1985.mp3https://archive.org/download/244LearySB1985/244-LearySB1985.mp3243-Ram Das & Leary: "Albert Hofmann Fund Raiser in 1988"Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:00:47 GMThttps://archive.org/download/243HofmannEvent1988/243-HofmannEvent1988.mp3CultureThis recording is from the second half of an event that was held on July 24, 1988 to raise money for the Albert Hofmann Foundation. The first half (which I haven't found a recording of yet) included talks by Paul Krassner, Laura Huxley, and Timothy Leary. However a few minutes of the Leary talk are included here. The main part of this recording is a scintillating talk by Ram Das in which he says things such as: "And it feels to me that as long as I live I will still be growing into what happened to me on the first psychedelic experience," and "What has happened is that the Sixties unleashed something extraordinarily powerful that is still reverberating and echoing in this culture, and actually in the world. And what that released was a recognition in people that they were free to change, institutions and themselves."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fDmZ00QD6Mo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fDmZ00QD6Mo/243-HofmannEvent1988.mp3https://archive.org/download/243HofmannEvent1988/243-HofmannEvent1988.mp3https://archive.org/download/243HofmannEvent1988/243-HofmannEvent1988.mp3242-McKenna: "Philosophical Gadfly" Part 3Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:37:16 GMThttps://archive.org/download/242McKennaGadfly03/242-McKennaGadfly03.mp3CultureIn this final installment of a 1984 workshop, Terence McKenna begins by answering a question about how he sees the role of the I Chang in human life. From there he progresses to Marshall McLuhan and on to a consideration that "We cannot afford the unconscious anymore."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_YPStdczmec" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_YPStdczmec/242-McKennaGadfly03.mp3https://archive.org/download/242McKennaGadfly03/242-McKennaGadfly03.mp3https://archive.org/download/242McKennaGadfly03/242-McKennaGadfly03.mp3241-McKenna: "Philosophical Gadfly" Part 2Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:43:59 GMThttps://archive.org/download/241McKennaGadfly02/241-McKennaGadfly02.mp3AyahuascaIn this continuation of a 1984 workshop in which he gave himself the title of Philosophical Gadfly, Terence McKenna takes us on a journey through the place he calls the invisible landscape. One of his raps is that "history is the departure of a species for the stars", which may give us a clue as to why he departed for the stars so early, paving our way, no doubt. His consideration of how we now control the biological evolution of our own species leads him to say, "We are creatures of information and the imagination. The monkey we are already beginning to transform and shed. We don't look like the other monkeys, and we look less like them all the time." ... And an interesting little factoid comes out that already in 1984, before the Web, Terence was already using the Internet with his Apple II and a $350 modem.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/eU6YZEazhbg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/eU6YZEazhbg/241-McKennaGadfly02.mp3https://archive.org/download/241McKennaGadfly02/241-McKennaGadfly02.mp3https://archive.org/download/241McKennaGadfly02/241-McKennaGadfly02.mp3240-McKenna: "Philosophical Gadfly" Part 1Wed, 4 Aug 2010 22:53:51 GMThttps://archive.org/download/240McKennaGadfly01/240-McKennaGadfly01.mp3AyahuascaIn this recording of a small 1984 gathering in Northern California, Terence McKenna holds forth on ayahuasca, his research in the Amazon, and the amanita muscaria mushroom. As is often the case, this workshop was shaped mainly by questions from the participants, which brought about this interesting quotation: "You must be aware that I have other wrinkles, the extraterrestrial angle, the end of history angle, several different things, but all of these things were inspired by our belief that these Amazon peoples have a technology for exploring the modalities of the unconscious that is centuries ahead of us." And his 1984 take on death is also notable: "I imagine death to be a kind of release into the imagination."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/s5JXqhef1Pg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/s5JXqhef1Pg/240-McKennaGadfly01.mp3https://archive.org/download/240McKennaGadfly01/240-McKennaGadfly01.mp3https://archive.org/download/240McKennaGadfly01/240-McKennaGadfly01.mp3239-McKenna: "Shamanism, Alchemy, and the 20th Century"Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:28:03 GMThttps://archive.org/download/239McKennaWinterKing/239-McKennaWinterKing.mp3AlchemyThis may be one of Terence McKenna's finest and most important talks. It was recorded in 1996 in Mannheim, Germany and was recorded during the time he and Sheldon Rocklin were filming the documentary for Mystic Fire, which was originally titled 'Coincidencia Oppositorum: A Union of Opposites'. And while it has now been more than a decade since it was given, you will find that it remains as fresh as if it was delivered last night. The program notes for this podcast contain the most McKenna quotes of any talk we have yet heard here in the salon. Just one quote may give you the flavor of what you will hear: "In the 60's then, LSD was not sufficient, even coupled with rock and roll it only brought repression. It was like a failed alchemy. Instead of the dissolving and recrystallizing at a higher and more angelic level thousands of prisons were built, and the entire thing failed. But this spirit is THE spirit, the spirit of life itself, the spirit of novelty itself, and it will not be suppressed for long in any time or place. So now again it comes. ... It's a spirit of dissent that says we will not serve the values of materialism, the values of the ego, and the values that separate and break down the community. So here it is again."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/5G89G6nFTDc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/5G89G6nFTDc/239-McKennaWinterKing.mp3https://archive.org/download/239McKennaWinterKing/239-McKennaWinterKing.mp3https://archive.org/download/239McKennaWinterKing/239-McKennaWinterKing.mp3238-Various: "A Tribute to Albert Hofmann" Part 2Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:56:14 GMThttps://archive.org/download/238HofmannFoundationPt2/238-HofmannFoundationPt2.mp3LSDDr. Lilly begins with a description of his first LSD experience in an isolation chamber (300mg IM) in the Virgin Islands in 1964, saying about it, "I was scared stiff, absolutely terrified." He is followed by Dr. Oscar Janiger who gives a few brief remarks before Terence McKenna introduces Dr. Albert Hofmann by famously saying, "Psychology without psychedelics is pissing into the wind." The Dr. Hofmann takes the stage for a talk that you will most likely listen to more than once. One of my favorite quotes of his is, "Of greatest significance to me has been the insight that I obtained as a fundamental understanding from all my LSD experiences that what one commonly takes as the reality by no means it defines anything fixed but represents a thing that's ambiguous, that there is not only one but there are many realities, each compromising a different consciousness also of the ego."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/f77lL_kc_as" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/f77lL_kc_as/238-HofmannFoundationPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/238HofmannFoundationPt2/238-HofmannFoundationPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/238HofmannFoundationPt2/238-HofmannFoundationPt2.mp3237-Various: "A Tribute to Albert Hofmann" Part 1Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:44:04 GMThttps://archive.org/download/237HofmannFoundationPt1/237-HofmannFoundationPt1.mp3LSDThis is the first part of an event that was held at The Scottish
Rite Temple in Los Angeles on October 2, 1988 to honor Dr. Albert Hofmann on the 50th anniversary of his discovery of LSD. The MC that night was none other than Terence McKenna, and besides a few words from Terence, we also hear from Stanley Krippner and Andrew Weil, who not only have many kind words for Dr. Hofmann but also add some interesting insights about their own work with LSD, such as when Terence said: "We have the tools, the intellect, the will to create a caring global culture. It isn't going to come without a recognition of the power of the psychedelic experience. The psychedelic experience is the birth right of every human being on the planet. It is as much a basic part of each and every one of us as our sexuality, our national identity, our consciousness of self. And any society which attempts to hold back or impede this dimension of self-expression, when the history of that society is written, it will be called barbarous." ... And from Dr. Weil: "And here it seems to me is the fundamental absurdity of the way our science has developed: The most obvious fact of our existence is that we are conscious. That is the most obvious, most important aspect of our existence. How can you construct a world view, how can you construct a system that tries to explain the universe and leave that out? And yet that is what our science tries to do."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fHeye-iX2zY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fHeye-iX2zY/237-HofmannFoundationPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/237HofmannFoundationPt1/237-HofmannFoundationPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/237HofmannFoundationPt1/237-HofmannFoundationPt1.mp3236-Aldous Huxley: "The Politics of Ecology"Fri, 9 Jul 2010 20:09:32 GMThttps://archive.org/download/236HuxleyEcologyPolitics/236-HuxleyEcologyPolitics.mp3EcologyIn this lecture (delivered just one year before he died in 1963) Aldous Huxley explains that the most pressing problems that lie before us will be brought about by the ecological devastation that comes with a population explosion. With a world population of about three million at the time, Huxley accurately predicted that it would double by today, which it has. He begins this lecture saying, "When advancing science and acceleratingly progressive technology alter man's long-standing relationships with the planet on which he lives, revolutionize his societies, and at the same time equip his rulers with new and immensely more powerful instruments of domination what ought we to do? What can we do?" And among his other observations are: "My own view is that it is only by shifting our collective intention from the merely political to the basic biological aspects to the human situation that we can hope to mitigate and shorten the time of troubles into which it would seem we are now moving. We have to get it into our collective heads that the basic problem now confronting us is ecological."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/rqxEEfMRe0A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/rqxEEfMRe0A/236-HuxleyEcologyPolitics.mp3https://archive.org/download/236HuxleyEcologyPolitics/236-HuxleyEcologyPolitics.mp3https://archive.org/download/236HuxleyEcologyPolitics/236-HuxleyEcologyPolitics.mp3235-Various: "Osmond, Stolaroff, & Hubbard - 1964"Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:45:42 GMThttps://archive.org/download/235StolaroffOsmondHubbard1964/235-StolaroffOsmondHubbard1964.mp3The SixtiesOn October 30, 1964, Dr. Humphry Osmond, Myron Stolaroff, Willis Harman, and Al Hubbard took LSD together. The next day they discussed what was learned. This is a recording of that gathering, and it is the first of the recovered recordings from The Stolaroff Collection. Their conversation took place on November 1, 1964 and most likely hasn't been heard since the day this recording was made on Myron's reel-to-reel Ampex tape recorder. Among other interesting parts of this conversation are their views of the newly raging controversies then being fueled by the work of Timothy Leary and Ram Das. Needless to say, scientific researchers like Osmond and Stolaroff were not exactly enamored with the emerging psychedelic culture that would soon lead us to the Hippies and beyond. They also found a connection between their work and Tielhard de Chardin's writings about the noosphere. My favorite part is an appearance by the legendary, Al Hubbard, the Johnny Appleseed of LSD. While I'm sure there are other recordings of Hubbard, this is the first time I have heard his voice, and it comes in the context of Humphry, Myron, and him discussing their previous day's acid trip together. If you are interested in the early history of the psychedelic movement, this recording is not to be missed!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/cvTI2-lzJ_o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/cvTI2-lzJ_o/235-StolaroffOsmondHubbard1964.mp3https://archive.org/download/235StolaroffOsmondHubbard1964/235-StolaroffOsmondHubbard1964.mp3https://archive.org/download/235StolaroffOsmondHubbard1964/235-StolaroffOsmondHubbard1964.mp3234-Trialogue: "The World Soul"Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:28:29 GMThttps://archive.org/download/234Trialogue8990Tape4/234-Trialogue89-90Tape4.mp3ConsciousnessToday's talk is the missing Tape 4 from the first McKenna, Abraham, and Sheldrake Trialogue sessions recorded in 1989. Terence begins by telling a rather amazing story about a walk he had on a beach that turned into a fractal psychedelic experience, and without the aid of any substances I should add. From there it takes a while to get to the World Soul, and then after talking for a while, they discover that they are actually talking about different concepts! A couple of my favorite McKenna quotes from this talk are: "For my money, monotheism is the single most reactionary force in all of human history. I don't even know what is running second," and "Democracy is a step away from anarchy."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/O-mfet3ays8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/O-mfet3ays8/234-Trialogue89-90Tape4.mp3https://archive.org/download/234Trialogue8990Tape4/234-Trialogue89-90Tape4.mp3https://archive.org/download/234Trialogue8990Tape4/234-Trialogue89-90Tape4.mp3233-Leary and Ram Das: "1983 Harvard Reunion"Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:15:40 GMThttps://archive.org/download/233LearyAlpert1983Reunion/233-LearyAlpert1983Reunion.mp3PsychedelicsThe talk I've picked for today is from April 23, 1983, and it was given at Harvard University on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Timothy Leary and Ram Das, then Richard Alpert, being kicked out of Harvard. There are a lot of little gems here, but one of my favorites from Timothy Leary was, "[So Emerson] came to Harvard Divinity School, gave that famous speech in which he said, 'Don't look for god in the temples, nor in the buildings, nor in the pulpits, look within, find divinity inside yourself, drop out, become self-reliant (translated as do your own thing) and for, I believe thirty-three years, he was not allowed back on this sacred territory. We're back after twenty!"<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/WJozFyuy87I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/WJozFyuy87I/233-LearyAlpert1983Reunion.mp3https://archive.org/download/233LearyAlpert1983Reunion/233-LearyAlpert1983Reunion.mp3https://archive.org/download/233LearyAlpert1983Reunion/233-LearyAlpert1983Reunion.mp3232-FifthAnniversaryPodcast: "Fisher, Stolaroff, and Al Hubbard"Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:11:43 GMThttps://archive.org/download/232MyronGarySalon2004/232-MyronGarySalon2004.mp3Al HubbardToday's program marks the Fifth Anniversary of podcasts from the Psychedelic Salon, and I want to thank you for coming back each week. It just wouldn't be the same without you! ... And for this occasion I am very happy to play a recording that was made at Kathleen's legendary salon in Venice Beach on the evening of March 19, 2004. The guest speakers that evening were Myron Stolaroff and Gary Fisher who led those gathered in Kathleen's home that night in a give-and-take session that had everyone laughing before the evening was over. And, of course, they also provided some wonderful insights and stories about the early days of the current psychedelic resurgence.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EwXHx6f8Oak" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EwXHx6f8Oak/232-MyronGarySalon2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/232MyronGarySalon2004/232-MyronGarySalon2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/232MyronGarySalon2004/232-MyronGarySalon2004.mp3231-Damer-McKenna: "Bruce, Terence, and Virtual Worlds"Fri, 4 Jun 2010 21:59:11 GMThttps://archive.org/download/231BruceTerence1999/231-BruceTerence1999.mp3Virtual WorldsToday we have a two-part program that begins with a reminiscence by Bruce Damer about how he came to know Terence McKenna. I then follow that with a recording of one of the last conversations Bruce and Terence had at Terence's house on the Big Island of Hawaii just a few weeks before Terence was laid low by a tumor in his brain.One of the reasons I think it might be interesting for you to hear this conversation is to get a feel for what it was like to hang around with the bard McKenna. While you might think that he did most of the talking, you will find that the opposite is true, and much like Aldous Huxley, Terence did a lot of questioning and listening. It wasn't only from books that they acquired their particular views of the world.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/0oiU3aVsplM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/0oiU3aVsplM/231-BruceTerence1999.mp3https://archive.org/download/231BruceTerence1999/231-BruceTerence1999.mp3https://archive.org/download/231BruceTerence1999/231-BruceTerence1999.mp3230-Trialogue: "The Evolutionary Mind" Part 3Thu, 27 May 2010 19:52:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/230Trialogue1998Pt3/230-Trialogue1998Pt3.mp3EvolutionIn this final session of the last trialogue between Rupert Sheldrake, Terence McKenna, and Ralph Abraham the discussion is begun by Ralph when he states, "The edge of the millennium, any edge of any of the millennia, is particularly important to those revolutionary souls who want to make a change in things. It is a special time." ... and I need not point out that we are still at the very leading edge of this new millennium. And to the provocative question raised by Ralph, Terence answered, "This is a moment of enormous opportunity, and those who find themselves in this moment with power, defined however you care to define it, have a moral obligation to act. ... What we must become is clear."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/aveK2iGPAE0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/aveK2iGPAE0/230-Trialogue1998Pt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/230Trialogue1998Pt3/230-Trialogue1998Pt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/230Trialogue1998Pt3/230-Trialogue1998Pt3.mp3229-Trialogue: "The Evolutionary Mind" Part 2Wed, 19 May 2010 21:02:36 GMThttps://archive.org/download/229Trialogue1998Pt2/229-Trialogue1998Pt2.mp3Artificial IndelligenceThis is a continuation of the last Trialogue that was held between Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham, and Terence McKenna. This session is kicked off by Terence McKenna who shifts the focus to The Evolutionary Mind AND the Machines. A couple of his comments include: "What is important about nature is that it is information. And the real tension is not between matter and spirit, or time and space, the real tension is between information and nonsense." And, "Vast amounts of the world that we call human is already under the control of artificial intelligences, including very vital parts of our political and social dynamo." Then Ralph and Rupert try to pin him down on a few inconsistencies. Following the trialogue I have added a short comment by Bruce Damer regarding the technical impossibility of uploading one's consciousness to a computer any time in the foreseeable future.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/43ipmLCITDE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/43ipmLCITDE/229-Trialogue1998Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/229Trialogue1998Pt2/229-Trialogue1998Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/229Trialogue1998Pt2/229-Trialogue1998Pt2.mp3228-Trialogue: "The Evolutionary Mind" Part 1Sat, 15 May 2010 21:01:20 GMThttps://archive.org/download/228Trialogue1998Pt1/228-Trialogue1998Pt1.mp3EvolutionToday's podcast is the first part of the last Trialogue that was held between Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham, and Terence McKenna. The complete video of this Trialogue is also available through Google Video under the title "Trialogue at the End of the Millennium". By the end of their first hour, Ralph didn't think they had made any progress in their discussion, Terence thought great progress had been made, and Rupert was wondering whether our Sun was having relationship issues with its peers. All-inALL, this is a great mind-bender.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fZcXkOrJlHE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fZcXkOrJlHE/228-Trialogue1998Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/228Trialogue1998Pt1/228-Trialogue1998Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/228Trialogue1998Pt1/228-Trialogue1998Pt1.mp3227-Shulgin-Watts: "Sasha at MIT plus Alan Watts"Sat, 8 May 2010 20:43:32 GMThttps://archive.org/download/227ShulginMITWatts/227-ShulginMITWatts.mp3PsychedelicsIn today's podcast we hear from two psychedelic luminaries, Sasha Shulgin and Alan Watts. The Shulgin talk is one that he gave at MIT on December 1, 2005 and can also be found in video format on the MIT Web site. The date and location of the Alan Watts talk is unknown but it contains one of his best illustrations of what may be the true condition of us humans and concludes with the observation that, "You see, it doesn't matter in what form you begin. Whether you begin again as a human being, or as a fruit fly, butterfly, or a beetle, or a bird, it feels the same way that you feel now. So we're really all in the same place."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6xeTFkJTZHE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6xeTFkJTZHE/227-ShulginMITWatts.mp3https://archive.org/download/227ShulginMITWatts/227-ShulginMITWatts.mp3https://archive.org/download/227ShulginMITWatts/227-ShulginMITWatts.mp3226-McKenna: "Hermeticism and Alchemy" Part 4Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:34:20 GMThttps://archive.org/download/226McKennaExploreHermeticPt4/226-McKennaExploreHermeticPt4.mp3PsychedelicsIn this final installment of Terence McKenna's 1992 workshop titled "Hermeticism and Alchemy" he points out that "History itself is a kind of alchemical process," and then goes into a political rant unlike any I've heard him give before. Two of my favorite gems are: "What we have to do is knock off this fantasy of being citizens inside a democratic state. I mean, what we are are the propagandized masses inside a Fascist dictatorship." and "I think that the Third Reich was a Sunday school picnic compared to the population policies of the Roman Catholic Church. ... In a civilized political environment those people would be placed under immediate arrest."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/38RE3mjZNmA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/38RE3mjZNmA/226-McKennaExploreHermeticPt4.mp3https://archive.org/download/226McKennaExploreHermeticPt4/226-McKennaExploreHermeticPt4.mp3https://archive.org/download/226McKennaExploreHermeticPt4/226-McKennaExploreHermeticPt4.mp3225-McKenna: "Hermeticism and Alchemy" Part 3Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:37:04 GMThttps://archive.org/download/225McKennaExploreHermeticPt3/225-McKennaExploreHermeticPt3.mp3HermeticismIn this next to last installment of Terence McKenna's 1992 workshop, "Hermeticism and Alchemy" we get to hear yet one more description of the elves that doesn't involve self-transformation or basketballs. He also gives his opinion of what the glue is that holdsl the world wide psychedelic community together. A couple of my favorite quotes from this session include: "So in a way, one way of thinking about psychedelics is that they empower language. It's a way to force the evolution of language. The way you stretch the envelope of culture is by creating language." And: "The mind is not a form of intelligence. The mind is the theater in which intelligence is manifested. You don't want to confuse the garage with the car. ... Everything goes on within the confines of mind."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/3UeQlEGoilE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/3UeQlEGoilE/225-McKennaExploreHermeticPt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/225McKennaExploreHermeticPt3/225-McKennaExploreHermeticPt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/225McKennaExploreHermeticPt3/225-McKennaExploreHermeticPt3.mp3224-McKenna: "Hermeticism and Alchemy" Part 2Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:10:28 GMThttps://archive.org/download/224McKennaExploreHermeticPt2/224-McKennaExploreHermeticPt2.mp3Eleusinian MysteriesThis begins Part 2 of Terence McKenna's 1992 workshop on "Hermeticism and Alchemy". He begins by taking 20 minutes and covering over a dozen topics, complete with detailed references, while explaining what may have caused the Eleusinian Mysteries to disappear. But my favorite part of today's talk is when Terence tells the story of what he describes as "one of the high-water wierdness events of my life".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/CpAX2yngv6E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/CpAX2yngv6E/224-McKennaExploreHermeticPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/224McKennaExploreHermeticPt2/224-McKennaExploreHermeticPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/224McKennaExploreHermeticPt2/224-McKennaExploreHermeticPt2.mp3223-McKenna: "Hermeticism and Alchemy" Part 1Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:17:39 GMThttps://archive.org/download/223McKennaExploreHermeticPt1/223-McKennaExploreHermeticPt1.mp3HermeticismToday's podcast begins a newly uncovered lecture by Terence McKenna. His topic is "Hermeticism and Alchemy" and he begins this 1991 workshop in fine form, making statements such as: "Human beings are co-partners with deity in the project of being. This is the basis of all magic." And, "Western civilization, in a way, can be thought of as an accumulated series of misunderstandings."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EjueiLimjTU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EjueiLimjTU/223-McKennaExploreHermeticPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/223McKennaExploreHermeticPt1/223-McKennaExploreHermeticPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/223McKennaExploreHermeticPt1/223-McKennaExploreHermeticPt1.mp3222-Ott: "Crimes Against Nature: The Civil War Against Drugs"Tue, 6 Apr 2010 23:23:05 GMThttps://archive.org/download/222OttDrugWar01/222-OttDrugWar01.mp3War on DrugsIn this appeal to help Jonathan Ott recover from the arson that destroyed his house and laboratory, I am playing a recording of Jonathan reading from his book "Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History". After his talk I give a Web address where donations may be made to help him over this big hurdle.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/mHzVcf0xFOs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/mHzVcf0xFOs/222-OttDrugWar01.mp3https://archive.org/download/222OttDrugWar01/222-OttDrugWar01.mp3https://archive.org/download/222OttDrugWar01/222-OttDrugWar01.mp3221-McKenna: "Evolving Times"Sat, 3 Apr 2010 04:35:27 GMThttps://archive.org/download/221McKennaEvolvingTimes/221-McKennaEvolvingTimes.mp3EvolutionIn this two hour Terence Day (April 3rd) podcast, we hear Terence McKenna waxing his poetic best. For example:
"Sometime in the last 50,000 years, before 12,000 years ago, a kind of paradise came into existence, a situation in which men and women, parents and children, people and animals, human institutions and the land, all were in dynamic balance. And not in any primitive sense at all. Language was fully developed. Poetry may have been at its climax. Dance, magic, poetics, altruism, philosophy, there's no reason to think that these things were not practiced as adroitly as we practice them today. And it was under the boundary-dissolving influence of psilocybin."
"So what needs to be done is to spread the idea that anxiety is inappropriate. It's sort of like we who are psychedelic have to function as sitters for society, because society is going to thrash, and resist, and think it's dying, and be deluded, and regurgitate unconscious material, and so forth and so on. And the role then, I think, for psychedelic people is to try and spread calm."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9EnJRvXDbH8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9EnJRvXDbH8/221-McKennaEvolvingTimes.mp3https://archive.org/download/221McKennaEvolvingTimes/221-McKennaEvolvingTimes.mp3https://archive.org/download/221McKennaEvolvingTimes/221-McKennaEvolvingTimes.mp3220-Damer: "EvoGrid: The Ultimate Nerd Project"Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:20:00 GMThttps://archive.org/download/220DamerFallWinter/220-DamerFallWinter.mp3EvolutionToday's podcast features salon favorite Bruce Damer's complete interview from a recent interview he gave for the film FallWinterMovie.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_knPxdvTc80" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_knPxdvTc80/220-DamerFallWinter.mp3https://archive.org/download/220DamerFallWinter/220-DamerFallWinter.mp3https://archive.org/download/220DamerFallWinter/220-DamerFallWinter.mp3219-Leary: "Live in San Francisco 1979" Part 2Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:15:25 GMThttps://archive.org/download/219LearySF1979Pt2/219-LearySF1979Pt2.mp3CultureIn his usual outrageous way, Dr. Timothy Leary espouses lowering the voting age to seven in this second part of a talk that he gave in San Francisco in 1979. However, once you hear his logic for such a proposal you may see the method in his madness so to speak. And then there is his wonderful pronunciation that, "The legend goes like this, that in the high valleys around Basil, Switzerland there are alpine villages where the inhabitants have not drawn an un-hallucinated breath in 500 years." ... it is the good Doctor Leary at the top of his form.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/D3SG7GMQdRU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/D3SG7GMQdRU/219-LearySF1979Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/219LearySF1979Pt2/219-LearySF1979Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/219LearySF1979Pt2/219-LearySF1979Pt2.mp3218-Claudia Little: "The Truth About Cannabis"Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:45:19 GMThttps://archive.org/download/218LittleTellsCannabisTruth/218-Little-TellsCannabisTruth.mp3CannabisIn this information-packed program, registered nurse and medical cannabis activist Claudia Little tells the story of her investigations into the use of cannabis as a medicine. Claudia is also a member of the Medical Advisory Board of Americans for Safe Access and a former U.S. Navy Nurse.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/63p-OwsPOvs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/63p-OwsPOvs/218-Little-TellsCannabisTruth.mp3https://archive.org/download/218LittleTellsCannabisTruth/218-Little-TellsCannabisTruth.mp3https://archive.org/download/218LittleTellsCannabisTruth/218-Little-TellsCannabisTruth.mp3217-McKenna: "Under the Teaching Tree" Part 3Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:32:36 GMThttps://archive.org/download/217McKennaTeachTreePt3/217-McKennaTeachTreePt3.mp3PsychedelicsAmong other stories, Terence tells of his UFO encounter in the Amazon in great detail ... one of his best tellings of this experience. He then goes on in an almost ambivalent way about his feelings about crop circles. Before long, though, he gets back to answering more questions about the smoked DMT experience, eventually comparing it to the archetype of the circus. He also explains his theory that crop circles may be the work of stem-bending Ninja Japanese tourists and that schizophrenics may actually be driven mad because they smell funny.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/dRLOHxNq4pw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/dRLOHxNq4pw/217-McKennaTeachTreePt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/217McKennaTeachTreePt3/217-McKennaTeachTreePt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/217McKennaTeachTreePt3/217-McKennaTeachTreePt3.mp3216-McKenna: "Under the Teaching Tree" Part 2Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:17:57 GMThttps://archive.org/download/216McKennaTeachTreePt2/216-McKennaTeachTreePt2.mp3UFOsToday we pick up on the Terence McKenna workshop that he conducted in April of 1985 in Ojai, California. Among his other insightful observations was, "Cannabis holds many benefits, not necessarily related to its properties as an intoxicant, but as a source of food, lubricants, plastics, fuels, etc. The reason the establishment is so hysterical on the subject of cannabis is because it errodes loyalty to the industrial state."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/pDIPtiKwBM8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/pDIPtiKwBM8/216-McKennaTeachTreePt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/216McKennaTeachTreePt2/216-McKennaTeachTreePt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/216McKennaTeachTreePt2/216-McKennaTeachTreePt2.mp3215-McKenna: "Under the Teaching Tree" Part 1Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:06:32 GMThttps://archive.org/download/215McKennaTeachTreePt1/215-McKennaTeachTreePt1.mp3DeathThis is the first part of a talk that Terence McKenna gave at the Ojai Foundation in April of 1985. In it he speaks about death and DMT among other things, such as: "I came to feel, and I still sometimes offhandedly refer to it like this, that it [DMT] is secret. It is not a secret. It is THE secret. There is a secret, and this is it. It is the secret that the world is not only not the way you think it is. It's that the way the world is, is a way that you can't think it is, because you simply do not have the imaginative capacity to conceive of such overwhelming peculiarity."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6mcWo4fxeFA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6mcWo4fxeFA/215-McKennaTeachTreePt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/215McKennaTeachTreePt1/215-McKennaTeachTreePt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/215McKennaTeachTreePt1/215-McKennaTeachTreePt1.mp3214-Leary: "Live in San Francisco 1979" Part 1Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:51:00 GMThttps://archive.org/download/214LearySF1979Pt1/214-LearySF1979Pt1.mp3CultureThis is the first of a two part recording of a performance Dr. Timothy Leary gave in San Francisco early in 1979. After being introduced by Grace Slick, Timothy does his best to provoke the crowd with statements such as, "For the last four or five thousand years, freedom and intelligence and individualism have been moving in an unbroken chain from East to West. So that here on the banks of the Pacific Ocean we obviously have assembled the most advanced nervous systems on the planet."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/nxBe2PwH9hg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/nxBe2PwH9hg/214-LearySF1979Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/214LearySF1979Pt1/214-LearySF1979Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/214LearySF1979Pt1/214-LearySF1979Pt1.mp3213-Watts: "The Alchemy of LSD"Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:47:33 GMThttps://archive.org/download/213WattsAlchemyLSD/213-WattsAlchemyLSD.mp3AlchemyA person claiming to be Alan Watts' son says he owns the copyright to this talk. Although he offered no proof of who he is or of ownership, his threat of a lawsuit has caused me to remove this program, as I can't afford a lawyer to fight what I believe is a bogus claim. . . . PROGRAM NOTES . . .
Today we hear a long-lost lecture that the Sixties' philosopher, Alan Watts, gave in which he speaks in favor of the use of LSD. Among some of his comments are, "LSD is simply an exploratory instrument, like a microscope or a telescope, except this one's inside you instead of outside you. And according to your capacity and knowledge, you can use a microscope or a telescope to advantage. So in the same way, according to your capacity and your knowledge you can use an interior instrument to your advantage ... or just for kicks!" Also, I shamelessly promote the rock band The Soft Pack, which you can hear at www (dot) MySpace (dot) com (slash) thesoftpack<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Vag0VYpYJC0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Vag0VYpYJC0/213-WattsAlchemyLSD.mp3https://archive.org/download/213WattsAlchemyLSD/213-WattsAlchemyLSD.mp3https://archive.org/download/213WattsAlchemyLSD/213-WattsAlchemyLSD.mp3212-Lorenzo: "The Wizard's Council"Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:12:44 GMThttps://archive.org/download/212LorenzoWizardsCouncil/212-LorenzoWizardsCouncil.mp3EducationIn this podcast I play a recording of Chapter 13 of "The Genesis Generation", a novel about a 29 year old corporate geek who gradually evolves into an underground hero in the psychedelic community. The complete novel is available at www (dot) GenesisGeneration (dot) us ... Chapter 1 may be heard in podcast #186 of this series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/PKjNmBI0jm8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/PKjNmBI0jm8/212-LorenzoWizardsCouncil.mp3https://archive.org/download/212LorenzoWizardsCouncil/212-LorenzoWizardsCouncil.mp3https://archive.org/download/212LorenzoWizardsCouncil/212-LorenzoWizardsCouncil.mp3211-McKenna: "Empowering Hope in Dark Times"Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:40:17 GMThttps://archive.org/download/211McKennaEmpowerHope/211-McKennaEmpowerHope.mp3AlchemyThis talk has appeared under several different titles, including "Empowering Hope in Dark Times", "Alchemy", and "Unfolding the Stone" among others. IMO it is the most positive and hopeful talk that we have yet heard from Terence here in the salon. For example, he says, "It's absolutely irrational to not be filled with the fire of consuming hope. You just have to overcome the leveling that we inheirit from these empty, existential, scientific ideas."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/BHwXcSuz104" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/BHwXcSuz104/211-McKennaEmpowerHope.mp3https://archive.org/download/211McKennaEmpowerHope/211-McKennaEmpowerHope.mp3https://archive.org/download/211McKennaEmpowerHope/211-McKennaEmpowerHope.mp3210-Various Speakers: "From the Shaman's Circle to the Ivory Tower"Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:29:21 GMThttps://archive.org/download/210KentIvoryTower/210-KentIvoryTower.mp3AnthropologyToday's program is from a workshop given at the 3rd International Conference for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture (ISSRNC) at the University of Amsterdam 23-26 July 2009. The conference was called "Religion, Nature and Progress," and this presentation by Anna Waldstein, Ivan Casselman, and Cameron Adams is titled, "From the Shaman's Circle to the Ivory Tower: Progress, Spirituality and Psychedelic Thinking."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/uZlXTknF_Fo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/uZlXTknF_Fo/210-KentIvoryTower.mp3https://archive.org/download/210KentIvoryTower/210-KentIvoryTower.mp3https://archive.org/download/210KentIvoryTower/210-KentIvoryTower.mp3209-Huxley: "An Audio Collage of Aldous Huxley"Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:41:50 GMThttps://archive.org/download/209HuxleyWallaceLondon/209-HuxleyWallaceLondon.mp3CultureI've called this an audio collage for want of a better description. In this podcast you will hear not only what others thought of Aldous Huxley, you will hear him conversing in both interview format and in a more conversational setting. The range of topics covered in this collection of Huxley sound bites including a discussion of the arts in general, James Joyce, the best method for discussing philosophy including an example of how he went about creating his work, what he thinks about the supernatural, our lack of great symbols right now, and his involvement with psychedelic substances.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/lPgPR9kam6A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/lPgPR9kam6A/209-HuxleyWallaceLondon.mp3https://archive.org/download/209HuxleyWallaceLondon/209-HuxleyWallaceLondon.mp3https://archive.org/download/209HuxleyWallaceLondon/209-HuxleyWallaceLondon.mp3208-Nadelmann: "It's Time To End The War on Drugs"Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:52:19 GMThttps://archive.org/download/208NadelmannWoD2009/208-NadelmannWoD2009.mp3War on DrugsIn this November 2009 presentation at a PATH event in San Diego, Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, gives not just facts and figures, but also includes a stirring call to bring reason into the debate about ending the War on People who use non-prescription drugs. ... As he says, "That we are each sovereign over our own minds and bodies, that is the core principle that we have to keep putting out there."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/A8Wux8zCLyA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/A8Wux8zCLyA/208-NadelmannWoD2009.mp3https://archive.org/download/208NadelmannWoD2009/208-NadelmannWoD2009.mp3https://archive.org/download/208NadelmannWoD2009/208-NadelmannWoD2009.mp3207-Various Speakers: "A Tribute to Alan Watts"Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:24:20 GMThttps://archive.org/download/207AlanWattsTribute/207-AlanWattsTribute.mp3Alan WattsToday we begin with a short clip of Alan Watts speaking about human consciousness. Then we go to a little gathering at Dr. John Lilly's home, where he, Laura Huxley, and others give tribute to the life of Alan Watts a few months after his death.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qgNGbwSIEZc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qgNGbwSIEZc/207-AlanWattsTribute.mp3https://archive.org/download/207AlanWattsTribute/207-AlanWattsTribute.mp3https://archive.org/download/207AlanWattsTribute/207-AlanWattsTribute.mp3206-McKenna: "Appreciating Imagination" Part 6Wed, 9 Dec 2009 21:27:59 GMThttps://archive.org/download/206McKennaImaginationPt6/206-McKenna-ImaginationPt6.mp3PsychedelicsIn this final installment of a 1997 Terence McKenna workshop about Appreciating Imagination, he comes up with quite a few interesting thoughts, such as: "I think that in service to the principle of parsimony, preferring the simplest explanation, these things [beings encountered in DMT space] must be human souls." ... and ... "If you're living right, your life should get just more and more baroque, beautiful, complicated, mysterious ... and then you die."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/GnQNIbimrSc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/GnQNIbimrSc/206-McKenna-ImaginationPt6.mp3https://archive.org/download/206McKennaImaginationPt6/206-McKenna-ImaginationPt6.mp3https://archive.org/download/206McKennaImaginationPt6/206-McKenna-ImaginationPt6.mp3205-McKenna: "Appreciating Imagination" Part 5 (Timewave)Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:49:27 GMThttps://archive.org/download/205McKennaImaginationPt5/205-McKenna-ImaginationPt5.mp3TimewaveIn this next to last part of a 1997 Terence McKenna workshop dealing with the imagination, Terence takes us for a ride on his Timewave hypothesis. ... At one point he says, "I do entertain the idea that we may each have our own Timewave, sort of following the model of astrology." ... Then near the end of this session we hear him say, "The whole thing [Timewave hypothesis] smacks of the impossible. It's even pushed me toward the idea that maybe this is not actually a reality. We're trapped, or I'm trapped. I don't know if you're trapped. But we're in some kind of piece of fiction. It's like a Phillip K. Dick deal, you know. We're in some kind of simulacrum, and the clue to the fact that it's a simulacrum is this impossible idea [the Timewave]. And so the point of the idea is not to believe it, but to use it as a wedge to fight our way out of this labyrinth and back to whatever reality we were in before we fell into this situation. Something like that."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/12lhf0ECcrQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/12lhf0ECcrQ/205-McKenna-ImaginationPt5.mp3https://archive.org/download/205McKennaImaginationPt5/205-McKenna-ImaginationPt5.mp3https://archive.org/download/205McKennaImaginationPt5/205-McKenna-ImaginationPt5.mp3204-McKenna: "Appreciating Imagination" Part 4Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:18:58 GMThttps://archive.org/download/204McKennaImaginationPt4/204-McKenna-ImaginationPt4.mp3ImaginationIn part four of the Terence McKenna workshop about imagination he discusses the ego, Novelty Theory, and the possibility that time is not uniform. As he says, "The Timewave is not occult, but it is not science as we have done it these past 500 years, because it assumes that one of our primary intuitions is actually true; the intuition that every moment is unique [time is not uniform]. It treats that as the central starting point for an entirely new metaphysics of being." ... "The way you investigate time is by moving inward, by investigating metabolism. The human body is a knot in time." ... Also included is part of a conversation with Allan Lundell, Nick Herbert and few friends.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/USptg1L0eMo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/USptg1L0eMo/204-McKenna-ImaginationPt4.mp3https://archive.org/download/204McKennaImaginationPt4/204-McKenna-ImaginationPt4.mp3https://archive.org/download/204McKennaImaginationPt4/204-McKenna-ImaginationPt4.mp3203-McKenna: "Appreciating Imagination" Part 3Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:47:48 GMThttps://archive.org/download/203McKennaImaginationPt3/203-McKenna-ImaginationPt3.mp3CultureIn this third podcast of Terence McKenna's workshop on imagination, he picks up the pace and speaks to a dozen or more new topics. Not only does he explain what he calls 'McKenna's Five Percent Rule', he also gives us McKenna's Law: "As you advance in social hierarchy the percentage of smart people does not increase. ... Every human situation is bedeviled by morons. No matter how high you rise you're surrounded by fools, and you're lucky if you're not one of them. That's the basic thing to guard against." Plus he returns briefly to his critique of culture and says among other things, "Culture is a simplification and a lie. It's the currency by which fools navigate the world. Smart people get beyond it."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/KXWaMB-Emvg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/KXWaMB-Emvg/203-McKenna-ImaginationPt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/203McKennaImaginationPt3/203-McKenna-ImaginationPt3.mp3https://archive.org/download/203McKennaImaginationPt3/203-McKenna-ImaginationPt3.mp3202-McKenna: "Appreciating Imagination" Part 2Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:38:20 GMThttps://archive.org/download/202McKennaImaginationPt2/202-McKenna-ImaginationPt2.mp3DeathAmong many other provocative ideas found in this talk is: "The major adventure is to claim your authentic, true being, which is not culturally given to you. The culture will not explain to you how to be a real human being. It will tell you how to be banker, politician, Indian chief, masseuses, actress, whatever, but it will not give you true being." ... Near the end of this podcast we also hear Terence explain his personal ideas about death.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/JGuQs3l4ZZY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/JGuQs3l4ZZY/202-McKenna-ImaginationPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/202McKennaImaginationPt2/202-McKenna-ImaginationPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/202McKennaImaginationPt2/202-McKenna-ImaginationPt2.mp3201-McKenna: "Appreciating Imagination" Part 1Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:34:41 GMThttps://archive.org/download/201McKennaImaginationPt1/201-McKenna-ImaginationPt1.mp3ImagineToday's podcast is the first in a series from a workshop that Terence McKenna conducted at Esalen Institute in 1994, the focus of which was the human imagination. While he has some interesting thoughts about imagination such as, "Art is like the footprint of where the imagination has been." It was his thought about computers that most people may take away from this first part of the workshop where he also says, "The only difference between computers and drugs is that one is too large to swallow ... and our best people are working on that very problem."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/pUuXM98FPHI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/pUuXM98FPHI/201-McKenna-ImaginationPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/201McKennaImaginationPt1/201-McKenna-ImaginationPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/201McKennaImaginationPt1/201-McKenna-ImaginationPt1.mp3200-Various: "A Few Words From Our Elders"Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:54:31 GMThttps://archive.org/download/200WordsFmElders/200-WordsFmElders.mp3CultureSince this is my 200th podcast, I thought that it might be nice to hear a selection of sound bites from some of our esteemed elders. So in this program you will hear from Gary Fisher, Sasha Shulgin, Ann Shulgin, Myron Stolaroff, Terence McKenna, Baba Ram Das, and Timothy Leary in a medley of ideas that hopefully will inspire you to strive to become an elder yourself.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/dYXmeCn1nP4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/dYXmeCn1nP4/200-WordsFmElders.mp3https://archive.org/download/200WordsFmElders/200-WordsFmElders.mp3https://archive.org/download/200WordsFmElders/200-WordsFmElders.mp3199-Leary: "Timothy Leary at MIT - 1967"Wed, 7 Oct 2009 03:03:08 GMThttps://archive.org/download/199Leary1967MIT/199-Leary1967MIT.mp3LSDIn 1967 Dr. Timothy Leary gave a lecture to a group of MIT students in which he said, among other scandalous things: "The educational system, at the present time in the United States does neurological damage to the nervous system and functions as a narcotic, addictive drug." And then he went on to say: "You, the younger generation in particular, have got to drop out, and by drop out I mean all the way. You can't vote, I urge you not to do politics, don't picket, don't get involved in any of these menopausal mind games because it doesn't make any difference."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qIIdJNHunTI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qIIdJNHunTI/199-Leary1967MIT.mp3https://archive.org/download/199Leary1967MIT/199-Leary1967MIT.mp3https://archive.org/download/199Leary1967MIT/199-Leary1967MIT.mp3198-McKenna: "NPR Interview - 1999"Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:07:33 GMThttps://archive.org/download/198McKennaNPR1999/198-McKennaNPR1999.mp3CultureThis may be the last radio interview given by the bard Terence McKenna. The date was sometime in March of 1999, just a few weeks before the discovery of his brain tumor. Over a dozen new McKenna quotes from this podcast are posted on our blog at PsychedelicSalon (dot) org, and among the other little gems he at last clearly defines what he means by "the end of history".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4lKX9c5S6es" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4lKX9c5S6es/198-McKennaNPR1999.mp3https://archive.org/download/198McKennaNPR1999/198-McKennaNPR1999.mp3https://archive.org/download/198McKennaNPR1999/198-McKennaNPR1999.mp3197-McKenna: "McNature"Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:49:59 GMThttps://archive.org/download/197McKennaMcNature/197-McKenna-McNature.mp3NatureTerence McKenna gave this talk the title of "Nature is the Center of the Mandala", but the cassette it was on had the title of McNature written on it. In any event, here is the Bard McKenna holding forth on the importance of keeping Nature as a focus in our lives. And as always, he has many provocative ideas such as, "Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4nHzjt0UaV0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4nHzjt0UaV0/197-McKenna-McNature.mp3https://archive.org/download/197McKennaMcNature/197-McKenna-McNature.mp3https://archive.org/download/197McKennaMcNature/197-McKenna-McNature.mp3196-Leary: "Timothy Leary vs. Notre Dame"Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:53:56 GMThttps://archive.org/download/196LearyNotreDame68/196-LearyNotreDame68.mp3CultureIn this 1968 lecture at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Timothy Leary gives the then all-male student body a lesson in alternative thought. Basically, he told them that almost everything they are being taught is tainted with illogic. However, he also said that on the whole he didn't think that most of them were ready to use psychedelics yet, that the experience might be too powerful for them. Among other provocative things that the good doctor had to tell the young Catholic lads was, "Dope is going to be the religion of the future." One can only imagine (with a big smile) how discussions in the religious classrooms on campus went down the next day.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/DB_EU2sEmIk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/DB_EU2sEmIk/196-LearyNotreDame68.mp3https://archive.org/download/196LearyNotreDame68/196-LearyNotreDame68.mp3https://archive.org/download/196LearyNotreDame68/196-LearyNotreDame68.mp3195-Leary: "The Future of Higher Intelligence" Part 2Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:13:05 GMThttps://archive.org/download/195LearyUCSB1981Pt2/195-LearyUCSB1981Pt2.mp3CultureToday we continue listening to a panel discussion from a Psychedelic Conference held at UCSB in 1981. We hear from Robert Anton Wilson and Dr. John Lilly and then we'll hear a clip from a talk that Timothy Leary gave about Dr. Lilly sometime later. Finally, we'll be hearing a song that a German band recorded in 1972 with Dr. Timothy Leary on vocals ... you won't want to miss that one!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/tp7J9XRJ1XU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/tp7J9XRJ1XU/195-LearyUCSB1981Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/195LearyUCSB1981Pt2/195-LearyUCSB1981Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/195LearyUCSB1981Pt2/195-LearyUCSB1981Pt2.mp3194-Leary: "The Future of Higher Intelligence" Part 1Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:44:57 GMThttps://archive.org/download/194LearyUCSB1981Pt1/194-LearyUCSB1981Pt1.mp3IntelligenceToday's podcast has a full cast of characters. Recorded early in the 1980s at a Psychedelic Conference held at UCSB, we hear a panel consisting of Frank Baron, Andrew Weil, Walter Clark, Robert Anton Wilson, and Paul Krasner that is moderated by Dr. Timothy Leary. Their topic is the future of higher intelligence, and as you can no doubt imagine, a Niagara of interesting ideas flows forth.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/B2eCHmAOXms" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/B2eCHmAOXms/194-LearyUCSB1981Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/194LearyUCSB1981Pt1/194-LearyUCSB1981Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/194LearyUCSB1981Pt1/194-LearyUCSB1981Pt1.mp3193-Watts: "The Houseboat Summit - 1967"Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:19:56 GMThttps://archive.org/download/193WattsLearyHsbtSumit67/193-WattsLearyHsbtSumit67.mp3The SixtiesIn today's podcast we join Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder for an hour-and-a-half of a conversation held on Watts' houseboat in February of 1967, just a few weeks after the first Human Be-In. While there are any number of interesting tidbits and some fascinating similarities to what is taking place in the world again today, one of the most interesting parts (at least to me) of their conversation is what must have been their first discussion of Dr. Leary's famous, but spontaneous proclamation of, "Turn on, tune in, drop out". If you are a student of Dr. Leary, this is a conversation you won't want to miss. . . . And did I mention that the real star of this show is Alan Watts, who said among other things: "In other words, when there is a game going on that's on a collision course, and that this game obviously is going to lead to total destruction, the only way of getting people out of a bad game is to indicate that the game is no longer interesting. See, we've left this game and it bores us."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/crD-bWSn8cw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/crD-bWSn8cw/193-WattsLearyHsbtSumit67.mp3https://archive.org/download/193WattsLearyHsbtSumit67/193-WattsLearyHsbtSumit67.mp3https://archive.org/download/193WattsLearyHsbtSumit67/193-WattsLearyHsbtSumit67.mp3192-Leary: "Live at the Stone - 1987"Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:36:00 GMThttps://archive.org/download/192LearyAtTheStone1987/192-LearyAtTheStone1987.mp3CultureThink back to the Summer of 1987. Did you own a personal computer then? If so, you were in rare company. And in today's podcast we get to hear Dr. Timothy Leary explain why this new technology was going to revolutionize the world. But he doesn't confine himself to only talking about computers in this presentation that was given at The Stone in San Francisco. ... He also has some amazing stories to tell about the Summer of Love, Abbie Hoffmann, Hunter S. Thompson, and other fun people and events.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/imhuBhBgMHw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/imhuBhBgMHw/192-LearyAtTheStone1987.mp3https://archive.org/download/192LearyAtTheStone1987/192-LearyAtTheStone1987.mp3https://archive.org/download/192LearyAtTheStone1987/192-LearyAtTheStone1987.mp3191-McKenna: "The Ethnobotany of Shamanism" Part 5Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:35:22 GMThttps://archive.org/download/191McKennaCIISP5/191-McKenna-CIIS-P5.mp3Terence McKennaThis brings to a conclusion the series of recordings from a Terence McKenna workshop that he led over the weekend of November 5-7, 1988 at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). One of the more fascinating questions that he answers is, "How do you remember to bring back what you've learned?" And his answer, dealing with state-bounded memory, is something I hadn't thought of before.
And like the preivous four programs in this series, Terence again peppers this one with provocative thoughts such as, "This is in fact what shamanism is all about, what the end of history is all about, what psychedelic drugs are all about, we are edge-walking on an ontological transformation of what it means to be human."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/XtnnmjurYfc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/XtnnmjurYfc/191-McKenna-CIIS-P5.mp3https://archive.org/download/191McKennaCIISP5/191-McKenna-CIIS-P5.mp3https://archive.org/download/191McKennaCIISP5/191-McKenna-CIIS-P5.mp3190-McKenna: "The Ethnobotany of Shamanism" Part 4Wed, 8 Jul 2009 18:17:33 GMThttps://archive.org/download/190McKennaCIISP4/190-McKenna-CIIS-P4.mp3PsychedelicsThis week we pick up with Terence fielding questions about the visions he sees on various substances and where he thinks they come from.
One of his more controversial comments this week may be: "The psychedelic experience is the beginning of the spiritual path. That's why it's not important that yogas claim that they can deliver you the psychedelic experience, because it begins with the psychedelic experience, and then you go from there."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/wwUbqV8Q14Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/wwUbqV8Q14Q/190-McKenna-CIIS-P4.mp3https://archive.org/download/190McKennaCIISP4/190-McKenna-CIIS-P4.mp3https://archive.org/download/190McKennaCIISP4/190-McKenna-CIIS-P4.mp3189-McKenna: "The Ethnobotany of Shamanism" Part 3Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:01:49 GMThttps://archive.org/download/189McKennaCIISP3/189-McKenna-CIIS-P3.mp3PsychedelicsWe continue with a Terence McKenna workshop recorded on the first weekend of November in 1988. The workshop was conducted at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. One of the more interesting segments of this talk is that it is one of his clearest public statements regarding the relative merits of natural psychedelics vs. synthetic ones. And his opinion on November 6, 1988 was, "I really think there is a very large distinction between synthetic and naturally occurring drugs." ... He also goes on to say, "I have never felt that the primary use of these things [psychedelic medicines] was to cure what is called in modern parlance neurosis, what I call unhappiness. It isn't for that."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/JAldABHwF_8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/JAldABHwF_8/189-McKenna-CIIS-P3.mp3https://archive.org/download/189McKennaCIISP3/189-McKenna-CIIS-P3.mp3https://archive.org/download/189McKennaCIISP3/189-McKenna-CIIS-P3.mp3188-McKenna: "The Ethnobotany of Shamanism" Part 2Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:38:30 GMThttps://archive.org/download/188McKennaCIISP2/188-McKenna-CIIS-P2.mp3ShamanismIn today's podcast we pick up where we left off last week with Terence McKenna conducting a workshop in November of 1988. Among other topics, Terence begins his "World Tour of Psychedelic Plants". One of my favorite McKenna quotes from this talk is, "We now have no choice in the matter of business as usual. There will not, apparently, be business as usual." ... and then there is, "Every step into freedom contains within it the potential for greater bondage."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/iZ6MkK9ItV0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/iZ6MkK9ItV0/188-McKenna-CIIS-P2.mp3https://archive.org/download/188McKennaCIISP2/188-McKenna-CIIS-P2.mp3https://archive.org/download/188McKennaCIISP2/188-McKenna-CIIS-P2.mp3187-McKenna: "The Ethnobotany of Shamanism" Part 1Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:07:57 GMThttps://archive.org/download/187McKennaCIISPt1/187-McKenna-CIIS-Pt1.mp3ShamanismIn today's podcast, which was recorded at a small workshop held at CIIS in San Francisco on November 5, 1988, we hear Terence McKenna talk about some of his boyhood experiences that he feels led him into the world of psychedelic exploration. And then he goes on to briefly describe his years of travel while posing as a butterfly collector, eventually leading him to the Amazon. He then goes on to give his 1988 version of what he thought the psychedelic experience actually was, and he reads the titles of some of his favorite books. Among other McKennisims in this podcast: "What it [investigating psychedelics] really requires is a love of the peculiar, of the weird, the bizarre, the étrange, the freaky and unimaginable."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Y0fnDjRhIiI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Y0fnDjRhIiI/187-McKenna-CIIS-Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/187McKennaCIISPt1/187-McKenna-CIIS-Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/187McKennaCIISPt1/187-McKenna-CIIS-Pt1.mp3186-Lorenzo: "The Genesis Generation" Chapter 1Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:03:45 GMThttps://archive.org/download/186LorenzoGenesisGeneration/186-Lorenzo-GenesisGeneration.mp3CultureIn today's podcast Lorenzo reads the first chapter of his new novel, "The Genesis Generation", which you may purchase at GenesisGeneration.us.
This is a story about the transformation of a 29 year old "yuppie-geek" into an underground hero in the psychedelic community.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4WHwmtA4_Hs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4WHwmtA4_Hs/186-Lorenzo-GenesisGeneration.mp3https://archive.org/download/186LorenzoGenesisGeneration/186-Lorenzo-GenesisGeneration.mp3https://archive.org/download/186LorenzoGenesisGeneration/186-Lorenzo-GenesisGeneration.mp3185-McKenna: "Shamanism and the Archaic Revival"Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:13:02 GMThttps://archive.org/download/185McKennaVisionPlants/185-McKennaVisionPlants.mp3ShamanismToday's program features a talk by Terence McKenna that you can find elsewhere on the Net under the title "Vision Plants", but I thought that "Shamanism and the Archaic Revival" is more fitting. ... Among other provocative things McKenna has to say is, "Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience that primordial shamanism is based on is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/tkEjLLG5Af0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/tkEjLLG5Af0/185-McKennaVisionPlants.mp3https://archive.org/download/185McKennaVisionPlants/185-McKennaVisionPlants.mp3https://archive.org/download/185McKennaVisionPlants/185-McKennaVisionPlants.mp3184-Damer: "The Boundaries of the Human Mind"Wed, 20 May 2009 18:08:11 GMThttps://archive.org/download/184DamerOaxacaPt2/184-Damer-OaxacaPt2.mp3ConsciousnessToday's podcast features Bruce Damer, first at a Mind States conference in Oaxaca, Mexico and then in a late night conversation with Lorenzo. Among other things, Bruce talks about the team he led that developed some of the Virtual Reality simulations NASA used in training the astronaughts who recently repaired the Hubble telescope. ... However, the primary focus of Bruce's remarks may be summed up when he said, "If you want a future, you have to take charge of your own thoughts."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/pCtEW2Vusj4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/pCtEW2Vusj4/184-Damer-OaxacaPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/184DamerOaxacaPt2/184-Damer-OaxacaPt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/184DamerOaxacaPt2/184-Damer-OaxacaPt2.mp3183-Leary: "What Are Humans For"Fri, 8 May 2009 00:22:52 GMThttps://archive.org/download/183LearyWhatHuman1983/183-Leary-WhatHuman1983.mp3CultureThis program features a 1983 interview with Dr. Timothy Leary which begins with him talking about the Sixties and some of the characters he was involved with back then. Among his more provocative comments are:
"Harvard is there to train Ivy Leaguers to go to Washington and Wall Street and keep the wasp establishment going. They're not supposed to be turning out new Buddhas and a new brand of science fiction neuronaughts."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/7Jatc-BjbnQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/7Jatc-BjbnQ/183-Leary-WhatHuman1983.mp3https://archive.org/download/183LearyWhatHuman1983/183-Leary-WhatHuman1983.mp3https://archive.org/download/183LearyWhatHuman1983/183-Leary-WhatHuman1983.mp3182-Various: "The Spark of Divine Creativity"Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:20:24 GMThttps://archive.org/download/182MissyAndreMateo/182-MissyAndreMateo.mp3CreativityToday we hear from two young traveling entertainers in a conversation with Mateo Pallamary and Lorenzo. Missy and Andre Nobels have been traveling around North America and entertaining with Missy's dancing and Andre's music. In this ad hoc conversation, the topic centers around creativity.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/yuXG-P94hEo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/yuXG-P94hEo/182-MissyAndreMateo.mp3https://archive.org/download/182MissyAndreMateo/182-MissyAndreMateo.mp3https://archive.org/download/182MissyAndreMateo/182-MissyAndreMateo.mp3181-McKenna: "What Science Forgot" Q&ASat, 25 Apr 2009 21:01:39 GMThttps://archive.org/download/181McKennaErosEschatonQA/181-McKennaErosEschatonQA.mp3ConsciousnessIn today's podcast, we hear the Question and Answer session from the talk by Terence McKenna that we heard in my previous podcast. It begins with the question, "Can you talk about the relationship of advanced mathmatics to modeling of consciousness in layman's terms?". From there, Terence moves into thoughts about magic and his old favorite, language.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qSX7mD_KLMg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qSX7mD_KLMg/181-McKennaErosEschatonQA.mp3https://archive.org/download/181McKennaErosEschatonQA/181-McKennaErosEschatonQA.mp3https://archive.org/download/181McKennaErosEschatonQA/181-McKennaErosEschatonQA.mp3180-McKenna: "Psychedelics: What Science Forgot"Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:15:50 GMThttps://archive.org/download/180McKennaScienceForgotPt1/180-McKennaScienceForgotPt1.mp3EschatonIn this wide-ranging talk, Terence McKenna ends on a high note saying: "We represent a kind of concrescence of universal intent. We're not mere spectators, or a cosmic accident, or some sideshow, or the Greek chorus to the main event. The human experience IS the main event."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/C5ObW7PA09k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/C5ObW7PA09k/180-McKennaScienceForgotPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/180McKennaScienceForgotPt1/180-McKennaScienceForgotPt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/180McKennaScienceForgotPt1/180-McKennaScienceForgotPt1.mp3179-Leary: "Timothy Leary at Cornell - 1989"Thu, 9 Apr 2009 20:57:08 GMThttps://archive.org/download/179LearyCornell89Pt2/179-LearyCornell89Pt2.mp3PsychedelicsThis talk was given on April 23, 1989 by Dr. Timothy Leary at Cornell University. Among the other provocative things Dr. Leary has to say about religion (along many other topics) is: "No matter how crazy, fucked-up an individual can be, he can't be as fucked up as the Catholic Church."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/BD1I4KAQoT4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/BD1I4KAQoT4/179-LearyCornell89Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/179LearyCornell89Pt2/179-LearyCornell89Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/179LearyCornell89Pt2/179-LearyCornell89Pt2.mp3178-Leary+RAW "A random walk through two great minds"Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:29:55 GMThttps://archive.org/download/178LearyRAWvarious/178-LearyRAWvarious.mp3CultureIn today's podcast I play three clips from the audio collection of the Timothy Leary archive. The first is a radio interview of Dr. Leary, and it is followed by an interview with Robert Anton Wilson for the same program a couple of days later. The last piece is the beginning of a talk that Timothy Leary gave at Cornell in 1984. In it, among the many other things Leary has to say is, "I have one cause, and that's the goal of the performing philosopher, is to encourage you, and inspire you, and empower you, to the extent I can, to Think for Yourself and Question Authority."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/V-nR17OVYU0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/V-nR17OVYU0/178-LearyRAWvarious.mp3https://archive.org/download/178LearyRAWvarious/178-LearyRAWvarious.mp3https://archive.org/download/178LearyRAWvarious/178-LearyRAWvarious.mp3177-McKenna: "Surfing Finnegan's Wake" Part 2Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:03:51 GMThttps://archive.org/download/177McKennaFinnegansWakePt2/177-McKennaFinnegansWakePt2.mp3MediaThis is the second half of McKenna's thoughts about James Joyce's novel, "Finnegan's Wake". But in a departure from where we left off in my previous podcast, Terence spins off on a tangent about Marshall McLuhan and ends with a rant about war and the evils of television. It's an interesting talk that could have been given yesterday for its relevance to our current state of affairs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/AZqp1__EZSc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/AZqp1__EZSc/177-McKennaFinnegansWakePt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/177McKennaFinnegansWakePt2/177-McKennaFinnegansWakePt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/177McKennaFinnegansWakePt2/177-McKennaFinnegansWakePt2.mp3176-McKenna: "Surfing Finnegan's Wake" Part 1Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:06:19 GMThttps://archive.org/download/176McKennaFinnegansWakePt1/176-McKennaFinnegansWakePt1.mp3LiteratureThis is part 1 of a talk given by Terence McKenna in which he deconstructs James Joyce's monumental novel, "Finnegan's Wake". Among other interesting observations McKenna makes is, "The reason I'm interested in it is because it's two things, clearly. 'Finnegan's Wake' is psychedelic, and it is apolyptic/eschatlogical."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/hFDOONJNaC4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/hFDOONJNaC4/176-McKennaFinnegansWakePt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/176McKennaFinnegansWakePt1/176-McKennaFinnegansWakePt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/176McKennaFinnegansWakePt1/176-McKennaFinnegansWakePt1.mp3175-Leary: "The Intelligent Use of Psychedelic Drugs"Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:28:19 GMThttps://archive.org/download/175LearyIntelligentUse/175-LearyIntelligentUse.mp3PsychedelicsToday we hear once again from Dr. Timothy Leary. This lecture was given in 1982 and covers a wide range of material, including an interesting overview of the use of psychedelics throughout history. Along with other provocative thoughts, he says, "We represent the aristocratic, exploring elite of our species, and we always have."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ZT2dYOQqDYA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ZT2dYOQqDYA/175-LearyIntelligentUse.mp3https://archive.org/download/175LearyIntelligentUse/175-LearyIntelligentUse.mp3https://archive.org/download/175LearyIntelligentUse/175-LearyIntelligentUse.mp3174-McKenna: "Pushing the Envelope"Fri, 6 Mar 2009 02:45:24 GMThttps://archive.org/download/174McKennaPushingTheEnvelope/174-McKennaPushingTheEnvelope.mp3PhilosophyToday's program includes two Terence McKenna pieces. The first is of a Question and Answer session that one of our listeners discovered at the end of a video tape. As far as we know, these 25 minutes are new to the Net. The second talk is one that he gave at the Wetlands in New York on July 28, 1998. A wide range of topics are covered in these two talks, and the program notes with links to a transcript of the last talk may be found at: PsychedelicSalon (dot) org.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/A4xa5o1flcI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/A4xa5o1flcI/174-McKennaPushingTheEnvelope.mp3https://archive.org/download/174McKennaPushingTheEnvelope/174-McKennaPushingTheEnvelope.mp3https://archive.org/download/174McKennaPushingTheEnvelope/174-McKennaPushingTheEnvelope.mp3173-Shulgin: "How I Go About Inventing New Drugs"Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:32:01 GMThttps://archive.org/download/173Shulgin1998Amsterdam/173-Shulgin1998Amsterdam.mp3PsychedelicsThis week's program features a lecture by the master chemist, Sasha Shulgin. This talk was given at the Psychoactivity Conference in Amsterdam on 4 October 1998. In it, Sasha explains in detail how he goes about conceiving of and then creating completely new psychoactive compounds.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_NjcJTWO0rs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_NjcJTWO0rs/173-Shulgin1998Amsterdam.mp3https://archive.org/download/173Shulgin1998Amsterdam/173-Shulgin1998Amsterdam.mp3https://archive.org/download/173Shulgin1998Amsterdam/173-Shulgin1998Amsterdam.mp3172-Mind States: "The State of LSD in 2003"Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:45:50 GMThttps://archive.org/download/172LSDPanelMS2003Pt2/172-LSDPanelMS2003Pt2.mp3LSDIn today's program we hear from Earth & Fire Erowid, Ralph Metzner, Stan Grof, Nick Sand, and David Nichols who were on a panel at the Mind States Conference in 2003 where they discussed the psychoactive compound, LSD. This is a follow up of podcast #154 in which the presentations by Nick Sand and Myron Stolaroff on this panel were previously presented.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/DRRtlXTw6Sk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/DRRtlXTw6Sk/172-LSDPanelMS2003Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/172LSDPanelMS2003Pt2/172-LSDPanelMS2003Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/172LSDPanelMS2003Pt2/172-LSDPanelMS2003Pt2.mp3171-Leary: "The Technology of Freedom"Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:55:56 GMThttps://archive.org/download/171LearyTechOfFreedom/171-Leary-TechOfFreedom.mp3ConsciousnessIn this 1981 talk by Dr. Timothy Leary, he speaks about freedom, and about the technology we can use to achieve it. Among some of his other more provocative statements, he says: "Prison is a luxury. Unfortunately it is wasted on people who don't know how to use it."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/hW5fxaMR5V0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/hW5fxaMR5V0/171-Leary-TechOfFreedom.mp3https://archive.org/download/171LearyTechOfFreedom/171-Leary-TechOfFreedom.mp3https://archive.org/download/171LearyTechOfFreedom/171-Leary-TechOfFreedom.mp3170-Trialogue: "How the Web Looked Back in 1994"Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:53:41 GMThttps://archive.org/download/170Trialogue1994Hawaii02/170-Trialogue1994Hawaii02.mp3InternetToday we hear what Ralph Abraham, Terence McKenna, and Rupert Sheldrake were thinking about the World Wide Web at a time before it was yet two years old. Recorded in Hawaii sometime in 1994, this was a private trialogue (conversation) between the three of them in the garden at Terence's house on the Big Island of Hawaii. Fortunately for us they had the foresight to turn on a tape recorder that day.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/M0HFxQ_O3-0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/M0HFxQ_O3-0/170-Trialogue1994Hawaii02.mp3https://archive.org/download/170Trialogue1994Hawaii02/170-Trialogue1994Hawaii02.mp3https://archive.org/download/170Trialogue1994Hawaii02/170-Trialogue1994Hawaii02.mp3169-Krishnamurti: "Truth is a Dangerous Thing"Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:03:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/169Krishnamurti/169-Krishnamurti.mp3KrishnamurtiThis podcast is a collection of Krishnamurti sound bites taken from several of his videos currently available on YouTube. Among the many interesting ideas he presents, two could be of particular use to us at this moment in history, namely, his views about hope and faith.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/cB14pE2PrZM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/cB14pE2PrZM/169-Krishnamurti.mp3https://archive.org/download/169Krishnamurti/169-Krishnamurti.mp3https://archive.org/download/169Krishnamurti/169-Krishnamurti.mp3168-Trialogue: "What Hawaii Says About Evolution"Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:12:30 GMThttps://archive.org/download/168Trialogue1994Hawaii01/168-Trialogue1994Hawaii01.mp3EvolutionToday's podcast is from a cassette tape recording made by Ralph Abraham during a private trialogue between Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, and himself. It was recorded sometime in 1994 on the Big Island in Hawaii, most likely at Terence McKenna's home there. Their conversation about evolution includes an interesting comparision between the island of Hawaii and the island in space called planet Earth.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/l0cvJcrdTfI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/l0cvJcrdTfI/168-Trialogue1994Hawaii01.mp3https://archive.org/download/168Trialogue1994Hawaii01/168-Trialogue1994Hawaii01.mp3https://archive.org/download/168Trialogue1994Hawaii01/168-Trialogue1994Hawaii01.mp3167-Leary: "Evolution of Intelligence"Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:36:22 GMThttps://archive.org/download/167LearyIntelligEvo/167-LearyIntelligEvo.mp3EvolutionToday's talk is from a 1983 lecture given in Boulder, Colorado by Dr. Timothy Leary. Among the many other provocative things he has to say in this lecture is, "If you want to increase your intelligence, if you want to evolve, and grow, and go through the changes, the many changes that are possible, at all costs avoid terminal adulthood."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/WV0QcRFDyF8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/WV0QcRFDyF8/167-LearyIntelligEvo.mp3https://archive.org/download/167LearyIntelligEvo/167-LearyIntelligEvo.mp3https://archive.org/download/167LearyIntelligEvo/167-LearyIntelligEvo.mp3166-McKenna: "Psychedelic Dreams"Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:17:39 GMThttps://archive.org/download/166McKennaDreamAwake2/166-McKennaDreamAwake2.mp3DreamingThis is a continuation of the talk by Terence McKenna in my previous podcast. It is from a lecture he (or someone?) once called "Dream Awake". Among Terence's many other words of wisdom in this talk is his famous statement: "The biggest danger with psychedelics is that while you are in that open state some moron will mess with you."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/to4IrQ7IA4Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/to4IrQ7IA4Y/166-McKennaDreamAwake2.mp3https://archive.org/download/166McKennaDreamAwake2/166-McKennaDreamAwake2.mp3https://archive.org/download/166McKennaDreamAwake2/166-McKennaDreamAwake2.mp3165-Various Speakers: "Beats, Hippies, and McKenna"Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:48:15 GMThttps://archive.org/download/165McKennaLearyPlus/165-McKennaLearyPlus.mp3Beat GenerationToday's program is a mash-up of a conference Q&A session of a panel that included Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Abbie Hoffman. This short panel discussion is then followed by a talk by Terence McKenna where among other interesting things he says, "The global destiny of the [human] species is somehow unfolding with the logic of a dream."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/b_TVcRrgH9o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/b_TVcRrgH9o/165-McKennaLearyPlus.mp3https://archive.org/download/165McKennaLearyPlus/165-McKennaLearyPlus.mp3https://archive.org/download/165McKennaLearyPlus/165-McKennaLearyPlus.mp3164-McKenna: "Some Thoughts About Ayahuasca"Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:31:41 GMThttps://archive.org/download/164McKennaAyahuasca/164-McKenna-Ayahuasca.mp3AyahuascaIn this talk, the bard Terence McKenna discusses some of his experiences in making and using the Vine. Among other things, he says, "[The ayahuasca experience] is is a self-generated, self-controlled immersion in a non-causal, parallel construct of some sort."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/-1M03heHw6M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/-1M03heHw6M/164-McKenna-Ayahuasca.mp3https://archive.org/download/164McKennaAyahuasca/164-McKenna-Ayahuasca.mp3https://archive.org/download/164McKennaAyahuasca/164-McKenna-Ayahuasca.mp3163-Sententia: "Reality Syndromes & Cyberpunk Symptoms"Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:24:35 GMThttps://archive.org/download/163SententiaMSIV/163-Sententia-MSIV.mp3War on DrugsToday's talk comes from the 2003 Mind States Conference in Berkeley, California where Dr. Wrye Sententia speaks about some interesting aspects of consciousness and the reality it creates. Here is an example of one of Wrye's thought-provoking ideas". "And the reason I mention the decade of the drug wars [in connection with cyberpunk fiction] is because there are a lot of overlays between altering your mind through drugs and altering your mind through technologies, hard technologies."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SCUttN4_gSg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SCUttN4_gSg/163-Sententia-MSIV.mp3https://archive.org/download/163SententiaMSIV/163-Sententia-MSIV.mp3https://archive.org/download/163SententiaMSIV/163-Sententia-MSIV.mp3162-Forte: "Cultural Healing"Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:00:06 GMThttps://archive.org/download/162ForteAmazonian2008/162-ForteAmazonian2008.mp39-11In this talk, given at the 4th annual Amazonian Shamanism Conference in Iquitos, Peru, Robert Forte challenges the psychedelic community to wake up and believe their own eyes about the events of 9-11. Only then, he believes, can we begin to move in the direction of healing our world cultures that are now in such deep conflict.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/oYXW7awuPPU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/oYXW7awuPPU/162-ForteAmazonian2008.mp3https://archive.org/download/162ForteAmazonian2008/162-ForteAmazonian2008.mp3https://archive.org/download/162ForteAmazonian2008/162-ForteAmazonian2008.mp3161-Trialogue: "Reality Check"Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:26:44 GMThttps://archive.org/download/161Trialogue1992Utopia/161-Trialogue1992Utopia.mp3UtopiaToday's podcast is from a trialogue between Ralph Abraham, Rupert Sheldrake, and Terence McKenna sometime in 1992. In this extended conversation, they discuss the concept of utopias and where their work might fit in the history of utopian works. Among other items they discuss is the failed utopias of The Sixties.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/6s_OAh3Frxw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/6s_OAh3Frxw/161-Trialogue1992Utopia.mp3https://archive.org/download/161Trialogue1992Utopia/161-Trialogue1992Utopia.mp3https://archive.org/download/161Trialogue1992Utopia/161-Trialogue1992Utopia.mp3160-Leary: "The League for Spiritual Discovery"Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:48:21 GMThttps://archive.org/download/160Leary1966Intrvw/160-Leary1966Intrvw.mp3LSDIn this January 1966 radio interview, Dr. Timothy Leary talks about his new religion, one whose sacrament is LSD. Among other provocative things he has to say is, "When the time comes, let your kids turn you on. That's my message to the middle-age, middle-class, whisky-drinking American suburban family."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/srKOMwS17JY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/srKOMwS17JY/160-Leary1966Intrvw.mp3https://archive.org/download/160Leary1966Intrvw/160-Leary1966Intrvw.mp3https://archive.org/download/160Leary1966Intrvw/160-Leary1966Intrvw.mp3159-Forte-Shulgin: "Horizon's 2008-Perspectives on Psychedelics"Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:37:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/159Horizons2008ForteShulgin/159-Horizons2008ForteShulgin.mp3CultureIn this podcast, Lorenzo plays two selections from the talks given at the 2008 Horizon's Conference. The first is a talk given by Editor & Publisher Robert Forte, and the second is a question and answer session with Ann & Sasha Shulgin. More talks from this conference are available from The Internet Archive at www.archive.org/details/Horizons2008<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/7EBsV92kFHw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/7EBsV92kFHw/159-Horizons2008ForteShulgin.mp3https://archive.org/download/159Horizons2008ForteShulgin/159-Horizons2008ForteShulgin.mp3https://archive.org/download/159Horizons2008ForteShulgin/159-Horizons2008ForteShulgin.mp3158-Wilson: "Increasing Human Life Span"Wed, 1 Oct 2008 17:46:45 GMThttps://archive.org/download/158RAWHumanLifeSpan/158-RAW-HumanLifeSpan.mp3Human life spanIn this 1986 talk, author Robert Anton Wilson explores some of the issues surrounding human life expansion before moving on to discuss the future and how some conspiracy theories seem to have some substance to them.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/rgKlMlpsWWg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/rgKlMlpsWWg/158-RAW-HumanLifeSpan.mp3https://archive.org/download/158RAWHumanLifeSpan/158-RAW-HumanLifeSpan.mp3https://archive.org/download/158RAWHumanLifeSpan/158-RAW-HumanLifeSpan.mp3157-Wilson: "The Acceleration of Knowledge"Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:56:50 GMThttps://archive.org/download/157RAWAccelerateKnowledge/157-RAWAccelerateKnowledge.mp3KnowledgeIn this fascinating talk given sometime during the 1980s, Robert Anton Wilson paints a picture of an ever-increasing amount of information growing, and reverberating around the globe. And he draws some interesting conclusions about the importance of LSD and other psychedelic medicines.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/MporGT2YvK4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/MporGT2YvK4/157-RAWAccelerateKnowledge.mp3https://archive.org/download/157RAWAccelerateKnowledge/157-RAWAccelerateKnowledge.mp3https://archive.org/download/157RAWAccelerateKnowledge/157-RAWAccelerateKnowledge.mp3156-Fisher-Grob: "Treating Childhood Schizophrenia with Psychedelics"Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:37:43 GMThttps://archive.org/download/156FisherGrob968/156-FisherGrob9-6-8.mp3SchizophreniaIn this program, Dr. Charles Grob (Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center) interviews Gary Fisher, Ph. D., about some experiments he conducted in the early 1960s. ... In addition to talking about the state of psychedelic research before prohibition closed down almost every study involving these non-patentable medicines, they discuss a previously unpublished paper Dr. Fisher wrote in which he detailed the results of his work giving LSD and psilocybin to severely emotionally disturbed children raging in age from 4 years 10 months to 12 years 11 months. ... The full report is available at www.MatrixMasters.com/GaryFisher<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/F3ZkaGIDozg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/F3ZkaGIDozg/156-FisherGrob9-6-8.mp3https://archive.org/download/156FisherGrob968/156-FisherGrob9-6-8.mp3https://archive.org/download/156FisherGrob968/156-FisherGrob9-6-8.mp3155-Leary: "Some Thoughts About Change (1945-1985)"Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:05:01 GMThttps://archive.org/download/155LearyThoughsAboutChange/155-Leary-ThoughsAboutChange.mp3ChangeToday's podcast once again features Dr. Timothy Leary. The label on the cassette tape on which this talk was recorded gives the title of this lecture as "American Culture (1945-1985)", but in the talk Dr. Leary provides us with another title, "Some thoughts about change". No matter what you call this talk, the range of topics it covers means it is bound to touch on at least one of your interests.
Program notes may be found at: www.PsychedelicSalon.org<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/t5gcX7dZdRQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/t5gcX7dZdRQ/155-Leary-ThoughsAboutChange.mp3https://archive.org/download/155LearyThoughsAboutChange/155-Leary-ThoughsAboutChange.mp3https://archive.org/download/155LearyThoughsAboutChange/155-Leary-ThoughsAboutChange.mp3154-Sand-Stolaroff: "Mind States 2003 LSD Panel"Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:01:58 GMThttps://archive.org/download/154SandStolaroffMS2003/154-Sand-StolaroffMS2003.mp3LSDThe legendary alchemist who created Orange Sunshine in the 60's, Nick Sand, and psychedelic pioneer, Myron Stolaroff, are featured in today's program. Nick talks about alchemy and LSD, and Myron speakes to the spiritual heights that may be reached through a careful balance of meditation and LSD.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/hm5Qm9mac98" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/hm5Qm9mac98/154-Sand-StolaroffMS2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/154SandStolaroffMS2003/154-Sand-StolaroffMS2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/154SandStolaroffMS2003/154-Sand-StolaroffMS2003.mp3153-Wilson: "Consciousness Change and the 8-Circuit Model"Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:10:48 GMThttps://archive.org/download/153RAWCons8Ckt01/153-RAW-Cons8Ckt01.mp3CultureToday's podcast features an interview with the brilliant Robert Anton Wilson who offers a suggestion for an elightenment exercise that you can do at home among other interesting ideas. He also speaks openly about his use of psydhecelics and his view of their importance.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Nh72KMfhYl4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Nh72KMfhYl4/153-RAW-Cons8Ckt01.mp3https://archive.org/download/153RAWCons8Ckt01/153-RAW-Cons8Ckt01.mp3https://archive.org/download/153RAWCons8Ckt01/153-RAW-Cons8Ckt01.mp3152-Leary: "Question Authority and Think for Yourself"Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:09:34 GMThttps://archive.org/download/152LearyFtWorth1987/152-LearyFtWorth1987.mp3CultureIn this 1987 talk, Dr. Timothy Leary, once called the High Priest of The Sixties, gives a Fort Worth, Texas audience a few ideas about how to challenge the status quo. Even though this talk was given over 20 years ago, it still holds up today.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/LcqhV3a4VwA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/LcqhV3a4VwA/152-LearyFtWorth1987.mp3https://archive.org/download/152LearyFtWorth1987/152-LearyFtWorth1987.mp3https://archive.org/download/152LearyFtWorth1987/152-LearyFtWorth1987.mp3151-McKenna: "Posthumus Glory"Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:24:02 GMThttps://archive.org/download/151McKennaPosthumusGlory/151-McKennaPosthumusGlory.mp3LiteratureIn today's podcast we hear selections from Terence McKenna's last two presentations at the AlChemical Arts Conference held on the big island of Hawaii in September 1999, just seven months before his untimely death.
Among other little gems you will hear in these talks are how Terence was dealing with his final illness and a farewell thank you to the psychedelic community. Also included is part of a panel discussion that Terence and Tom Robbins held in which they discussed psychedelic literature.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/GHEWaVZ9Y3E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/GHEWaVZ9Y3E/151-McKennaPosthumusGlory.mp3https://archive.org/download/151McKennaPosthumusGlory/151-McKennaPosthumusGlory.mp3https://archive.org/download/151McKennaPosthumusGlory/151-McKennaPosthumusGlory.mp3150-McKenna: "UFOs"Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:31:57 GMThttps://archive.org/download/150McKennaUFOs/150-McKennaUFOs.mp3UFOsIn a talk given at a convention of UFO enthusiasts, Terence McKenna tells the audience to save their time looking to the skys, because the aliens are already among us.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/1ssT8L338lM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/1ssT8L338lM/150-McKennaUFOs.mp3https://archive.org/download/150McKennaUFOs/150-McKennaUFOs.mp3https://archive.org/download/150McKennaUFOs/150-McKennaUFOs.mp3149-Trilogue: "The Heavens"Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:59:11 GMThttps://archive.org/download/149Trialogue1992TheHeavens/149-Trialogue1992-TheHeavens.mp3CultureIn today's program, Rupert Sheldrake begins the conversation by examining the history of the sterilization of the cosmos into a mechanistic machine. Then he goes on to invite speculation by Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham as to the possibility of stars having consciousness. All-inALL, this trialogue provides an interesting history of how humans have viewed the cosmos over the ages.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/o2XEKDDM8qE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/o2XEKDDM8qE/149-Trialogue1992-TheHeavens.mp3https://archive.org/download/149Trialogue1992TheHeavens/149-Trialogue1992-TheHeavens.mp3https://archive.org/download/149Trialogue1992TheHeavens/149-Trialogue1992-TheHeavens.mp3148-Chopra: "Grand Rounds-Psychedelic Psychotherapy"Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:03:09 GMThttps://archive.org/download/148ChopraGrandRounds/148-ChopraGrandRounds.mp3PsychotherapyIn today's podcast Dr. Preet Chopra talks about psychedelic psychotherapy in his grand rounds at a California hospital. Besides bringing us up to date on the psilocybin research project he is involved in, Dr. Chopra gives us some idea of the direction psychotherapy is taking in regards to psychedelic medicines.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/P0kf_LDW82k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/P0kf_LDW82k/148-ChopraGrandRounds.mp3https://archive.org/download/148ChopraGrandRounds/148-ChopraGrandRounds.mp3https://archive.org/download/148ChopraGrandRounds/148-ChopraGrandRounds.mp3147-Wilson: "TSOG and Conspiracies"Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:11:33 GMThttps://archive.org/download/147RAW2interviews/147-RAW-2interviews.mp3ConspiraciesToday's program features two interviews with Robert Anton Wilson. The first one features his book "Everything Is Under Control" and the second covers conspiracy theories and his book "TSOG: The Thing That Ate the Constitution".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/eZPltMnRm3U" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/eZPltMnRm3U/147-RAW-2interviews.mp3https://archive.org/download/147RAW2interviews/147-RAW-2interviews.mp3https://archive.org/download/147RAW2interviews/147-RAW-2interviews.mp3146-McKenna: "The Importance of Human Beings"Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:59:52 GMThttps://archive.org/download/146McKennaBeingHumanSeattle/146-McKennaBeingHumanSeattle.mp3EvolutionIn this lecture (originally titled "Eros to Eschaton") Terence McKenna says, "If in fact the conservation and complexification of novelty is what the universe is striving for, then suddenly our own human enterprise, previously marginalized, takes on an immense new importance." And from that foundation he goes on to claim that we humans "are the main event".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/G7l7vlbhZko" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/G7l7vlbhZko/146-McKennaBeingHumanSeattle.mp3https://archive.org/download/146McKennaBeingHumanSeattle/146-McKennaBeingHumanSeattle.mp3https://archive.org/download/146McKennaBeingHumanSeattle/146-McKennaBeingHumanSeattle.mp3145-Leary: "Live at the Inside Edge"Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:27:46 GMThttps://archive.org/download/145LearyInsideEdge/145-Leary-InsideEdge.mp3CultureThis is a talk given by Dr. Timothy Leary sometime late in 1991 or in 1992 at The Inside Edge in Orange County, California. Among the challenging ideas Dr. Leary presented was his thought that: "As soon as you belong to a system where you're not known individually, and where you don't know, individually, the other people, you are by definition depersonalizing yourself, a robot cog of the Big Machine."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4Ydqwk1qyZ4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4Ydqwk1qyZ4/145-Leary-InsideEdge.mp3https://archive.org/download/145LearyInsideEdge/145-Leary-InsideEdge.mp3https://archive.org/download/145LearyInsideEdge/145-Leary-InsideEdge.mp3144-Huxley: "The Ultimate Revolution"Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:05:37 GMThttps://archive.org/download/144HuxleyUltimateRevolution/144-Huxley-UltimateRevolution.mp3CultureIn this 1962 talk, Aldous Huxley examines the possibility that events he wrote about in his novel, "Brave New World", are actually coming to pass. In this lecture, titled "The Ultimate Revolution" he also talks about terrorism, state terrorism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/DqZaryV0yNM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/DqZaryV0yNM/144-Huxley-UltimateRevolution.mp3https://archive.org/download/144HuxleyUltimateRevolution/144-Huxley-UltimateRevolution.mp3https://archive.org/download/144HuxleyUltimateRevolution/144-Huxley-UltimateRevolution.mp3143-Trialogue: "Rethinking Society"Sat, 7 Jun 2008 04:24:25 GMThttps://archive.org/download/143Trialogue1992Tape34/143-Trialogue1992Tape3-4.mp3CultureIn this 1992 trialogue, Terence McKenna sets the stage with Ralph Abraham and Rupert Sheldrake by talking about the power of images and the need for society to begin a serious discussion about how to make it more liveable. This talk has a lot of unexpected twists and turns along with a few laughs as well.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Hw77rCPlZRI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Hw77rCPlZRI/143-Trialogue1992Tape3-4.mp3https://archive.org/download/143Trialogue1992Tape34/143-Trialogue1992Tape3-4.mp3https://archive.org/download/143Trialogue1992Tape34/143-Trialogue1992Tape3-4.mp3142-Leary: "The Creation of the Future"Fri, 30 May 2008 03:08:07 GMThttps://archive.org/download/142LearySF1980Part2/142-LearySF1980Part2.mp3CultureIn this 1980 talk by Dr. Timothy Leary he recommends turning the reins of power to the young, and he makes a surprising suggestion about the proper age at which voting rights should be bestowed on our citizens.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/PqomF9D1GSw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/PqomF9D1GSw/142-LearySF1980Part2.mp3https://archive.org/download/142LearySF1980Part2/142-LearySF1980Part2.mp3https://archive.org/download/142LearySF1980Part2/142-LearySF1980Part2.mp3141-Trialogue: "Contemplating a Visual Psychedelic Language"Fri, 23 May 2008 23:17:48 GMThttps://archive.org/download/141Trialogue199223/141-Trialogue1992-2-3.mp3LanguageIn this 1992 Trialogue, Ralph Abraham, Terence McKenna, and Rupert Sheldrake discuss the necessity of evolving language beyond words and text into a more condensed art form in order to better discuss psychedelic experiences.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/pvD_DNw6RfA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/pvD_DNw6RfA/141-Trialogue1992-2-3.mp3https://archive.org/download/141Trialogue199223/141-Trialogue1992-2-3.mp3https://archive.org/download/141Trialogue199223/141-Trialogue1992-2-3.mp3140-Grey: "Psychedelic Families" and Abraham "Psychedelics and Mathematical Vision"Thu, 15 May 2008 18:37:56 GMThttps://archive.org/download/140Grey2008Abraham1992/140-Grey2008Abraham1992.mp3FamilyIn this podcast you will hear two presentations. The first is a talk given by Allyson and Alex Grey at the World Psychedelic Froum held in Basel, Switzerland in March of 2008 in which they discuss the difficult issue of educating our children about psychedelics. Next we hear the introduction to a 1992 trialogue in which Ralph Abraham describes the history of psychedelic involvement with the math and computer revolutions of the 1960s.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/2JbH9ib5B-o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/2JbH9ib5B-o/140-Grey2008Abraham1992.mp3https://archive.org/download/140Grey2008Abraham1992/140-Grey2008Abraham1992.mp3https://archive.org/download/140Grey2008Abraham1992/140-Grey2008Abraham1992.mp3139-Damer: "Is the Universe Waking Up"Fri, 9 May 2008 03:36:57 GMThttps://archive.org/download/139DamerOaxacaAO2008/139-DamerOaxacaAO2008.mp3CultureIn this podcast we hear Bruce Damer first at the Mind States conference in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2006 and then again in a more intimate setting in April 2008. His topics include views of the big picture of the universe possibly becoming aware of itself down to the world of today in which we may be frying our brains with too much time in front of our computers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/cJ-MSqU_kxo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/cJ-MSqU_kxo/139-DamerOaxacaAO2008.mp3https://archive.org/download/139DamerOaxacaAO2008/139-DamerOaxacaAO2008.mp3https://archive.org/download/139DamerOaxacaAO2008/139-DamerOaxacaAO2008.mp3138-Shulgin: "The Shulgins at Mind States 2005"Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:19:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/138ShulginsMS2005/138-ShulginsMS2005.mp3PsychedelicsIn this "Ask the Shulgins" session, in addition to some interesting chemistry questions, we learn more detail about the process Sasha uses to develop a new psychoactive substance. And Ann adds many soothing answers to some pressing questions.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/A3xWWGMGCxU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/A3xWWGMGCxU/138-ShulginsMS2005.mp3https://archive.org/download/138ShulginsMS2005/138-ShulginsMS2005.mp3https://archive.org/download/138ShulginsMS2005/138-ShulginsMS2005.mp3137-Leary: "Creation of the Future”Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:41:16 GMThttps://archive.org/download/137LearyIntelligentDesign/137-LearyIntelligentDesign.mp3CultureIn this 1979 talk, Dr. Timothy Leary sets out a rather unique view of what today might be called "intelligent design", but with a Tim Leary twist, of course.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/314Z-iFdFes" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/314Z-iFdFes/137-LearyIntelligentDesign.mp3https://archive.org/download/137LearyIntelligentDesign/137-LearyIntelligentDesign.mp3https://archive.org/download/137LearyIntelligentDesign/137-LearyIntelligentDesign.mp3136-McKenna: "A Few Conclusions About Life"Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:00:46 GMThttps://archive.org/download/136McKennaLessonsAboutLIfe/136-McKennaLessonsAboutLIfe.mp3PsychedelicsIn today's podcast we hear once again from the bard Terence McKenna, who at the ripe old age of 50 has come to a few conclusions about life.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/IsZjBYoevBc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/IsZjBYoevBc/136-McKennaLessonsAboutLIfe.mp3https://archive.org/download/136McKennaLessonsAboutLIfe/136-McKennaLessonsAboutLIfe.mp3https://archive.org/download/136McKennaLessonsAboutLIfe/136-McKennaLessonsAboutLIfe.mp3135-Mountain Girl: "The Pranksters, the Dead, and the Sixties"Sat, 5 Apr 2008 00:55:35 GMThttps://archive.org/download/135MountainGirlBasel2008/135-MountainGirl-Basel2008.mp3CultureIn today's podcast we hear Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia's talk at the World Psydhecelid Formu in Basel, Switzerland during March of 2008. In it she recaps some of the highlights of her life as a Merry Prankster and as one of the cornerstones of The Greatful Dead.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_cDzXWwm3jo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_cDzXWwm3jo/135-MountainGirl-Basel2008.mp3https://archive.org/download/135MountainGirlBasel2008/135-MountainGirl-Basel2008.mp3https://archive.org/download/135MountainGirlBasel2008/135-MountainGirl-Basel2008.mp3134-Pinchbeck: "A Playalogue about Sex and Social Control, Tantra and Liberation"Wed, 2 Apr 2008 02:18:04 GMThttps://archive.org/download/134DanielPinchbeckBM07/134-DanielPinchbeckBM07.mp3CultureIn today's podcast we join Daniel Pinchbeck for the playalogue he conducted at the 2007 Burning Man Festival. As part of the Palenque Norte lecture series, Daniel led a conversation about human sexual relations during a period of transformation between two ages. And later we hear Matt Pallamary's definition of shamanism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/b9N7vwVeooE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/b9N7vwVeooE/134-DanielPinchbeckBM07.mp3https://archive.org/download/134DanielPinchbeckBM07/134-DanielPinchbeckBM07.mp3https://archive.org/download/134DanielPinchbeckBM07/134-DanielPinchbeckBM07.mp3133-Leary: "The CyberSociety"Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:46:32 GMThttps://archive.org/download/133LearyCyberSociety1987/133-Leary-CyberSociety1987.mp3CultureIn this 1987 talk, Dr. Timothy Leary talks about the progression of technology that has brought humans to a new plateau of consciousness. And we also hear a personal, 1995 message from Eldridge Cleaver to Timothy Leary on a rather surprising subject.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/LuGfw7C_Ih4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/LuGfw7C_Ih4/133-Leary-CyberSociety1987.mp3https://archive.org/download/133LearyCyberSociety1987/133-Leary-CyberSociety1987.mp3https://archive.org/download/133LearyCyberSociety1987/133-Leary-CyberSociety1987.mp3132-McKenna: "Shamanism" and Pallamary: "Spirit Matters"Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:10:00 GMThttps://archive.org/download/132McKennaPallamary2008/132-McKenna-Pallamary2008.mp3ShamanismIn the first part of this podcast Terence McKenna gives us a few of his thoughts about shamanism. Also we hear from author Matt Pallamary, whose new memoir, "Spirit Matters" has just been published.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/PJdpr-GkZf4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/PJdpr-GkZf4/132-McKenna-Pallamary2008.mp3https://archive.org/download/132McKennaPallamary2008/132-McKenna-Pallamary2008.mp3https://archive.org/download/132McKennaPallamary2008/132-McKenna-Pallamary2008.mp3131-Danforth: "Building a Model for Sustainable Psychedelic Therapy"Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:27:01 GMThttps://archive.org/download/131Danforth2007Playalogue/131-Danforth2007Playalogue.mp3PsychedelicsIn today's program we hear the Playalogue led by Alicia Danforth at the 2007 Burning Man Festival. Along with input from the audience, Alicia covers many of the possibilities for continuing this important work.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/b3BOFTdRJ24" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/b3BOFTdRJ24/131-Danforth2007Playalogue.mp3https://archive.org/download/131Danforth2007Playalogue/131-Danforth2007Playalogue.mp3https://archive.org/download/131Danforth2007Playalogue/131-Danforth2007Playalogue.mp3130-Leary: 1966 Radio InterviewWed, 5 Mar 2008 19:40:35 GMThttps://archive.org/download/130LearyBurke1966/130-Leary-Burke1966.mp3LSDIn this podcast we feature a radio interview of Dr. Timothy Leary conducted by the infamous conservative talk show host, Alan Burke, who did his best to abuse and discredit Dr. Leary. It is truly a sign of the 1960s panic about the interest young people were showing in LSD.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/3GqXeK_EFJc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/3GqXeK_EFJc/130-Leary-Burke1966.mp3https://archive.org/download/130LearyBurke1966/130-Leary-Burke1966.mp3https://archive.org/download/130LearyBurke1966/130-Leary-Burke1966.mp3129-Davis: "The Imagination and the Environment"Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:19:23 GMThttps://archive.org/download/129DavisPlayalogue2007/129-Davis-Playalogue2007.mp3ImaginationIn this podcast we hear Erik Davis' 2007 Burning Man Playalogue in which a wide range of topics are discussed, including the environmental impact of festivals like Burning Man.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/i6jiMd4Y-GY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/i6jiMd4Y-GY/129-Davis-Playalogue2007.mp3https://archive.org/download/129DavisPlayalogue2007/129-Davis-Playalogue2007.mp3https://archive.org/download/129DavisPlayalogue2007/129-Davis-Playalogue2007.mp3128-McKenna: "The State of the Stone"Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:35:52 GMThttps://archive.org/download/128McKennaStateoftheStone/128-McKenna-StateoftheStone.mp3CultureIn this 1995 talk, Terence McKenna gives one of his more hopeful talks about love and the state of humanity at the end of the millenium.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/T7888XLuLo8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/T7888XLuLo8/128-McKenna-StateoftheStone.mp3https://archive.org/download/128McKennaStateoftheStone/128-McKenna-StateoftheStone.mp3https://archive.org/download/128McKennaStateoftheStone/128-McKenna-StateoftheStone.mp3127-Leary: "How To Use Your Head"Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:31:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/127LearyCooperUnion1964/127-Leary-CooperUnion1964.mp3LSDThis podcasat features Dr. Timothy Leary in his famous Cooper Union address when he told the American public about a chemical called LSD. Delivered in November 1964, this talk was one of the opening salvos of the cultural revolution of the Sixties.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/JsugeSaTiiw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/JsugeSaTiiw/127-Leary-CooperUnion1964.mp3https://archive.org/download/127LearyCooperUnion1964/127-Leary-CooperUnion1964.mp3https://archive.org/download/127LearyCooperUnion1964/127-Leary-CooperUnion1964.mp3126-Trialogue: "Psychedelics and the Computer Revolution"Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:49:21 GMThttps://archive.org/download/126Trialogue2PsychedelicComputing/126-Trialogue2PsychedelicComputing.mp3PsychedelicsIn this 1991 conversation, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake discuss the impact of psychedelics and computers on culture.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/UQfCHltfHNQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/UQfCHltfHNQ/126-Trialogue2PsychedelicComputing.mp3https://archive.org/download/126Trialogue2PsychedelicComputing/126-Trialogue2PsychedelicComputing.mp3https://archive.org/download/126Trialogue2PsychedelicComputing/126-Trialogue2PsychedelicComputing.mp3125-Trialogue: "Crop Circles"Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:03:46 GMThttps://archive.org/download/125Trialogue2CropCircles/125-Trialogue2CropCircles.mp3Crop CirclesIn this private trialogue Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham, and Terence McKenna discuss various theories about the phenomenon of crop circles. This conversation took place in September 1991.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SL_C-6os3UI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SL_C-6os3UI/125-Trialogue2CropCircles.mp3https://archive.org/download/125Trialogue2CropCircles/125-Trialogue2CropCircles.mp3https://archive.org/download/125Trialogue2CropCircles/125-Trialogue2CropCircles.mp3124-Trialogue: "Cannabis"Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:32:45 GMThttps://archive.org/download/124Trialogue1991Cannabis/124-Trialogue1991Cannabis.mp3CannabisIn this trialogue, recorded in September 1991 at a private session with Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake, they discuss the amazing properties and benefits of one of the planet's most universal medicines.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SgZ8dtOwCVA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SgZ8dtOwCVA/124-Trialogue1991Cannabis.mp3https://archive.org/download/124Trialogue1991Cannabis/124-Trialogue1991Cannabis.mp3https://archive.org/download/124Trialogue1991Cannabis/124-Trialogue1991Cannabis.mp3123-McKenna: "Opening the Doors of Creativity"Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:26:21 GMThttps://archive.org/download/123McKennaDoorsCreativity/123-McKenna-DoorsCreativity.mp3ShamanismTerence McKenna talks about the shaman/artist, language and creativity.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/EGTT3DycxnI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/EGTT3DycxnI/123-McKenna-DoorsCreativity.mp3https://archive.org/download/123McKennaDoorsCreativity/123-McKenna-DoorsCreativity.mp3https://archive.org/download/123McKennaDoorsCreativity/123-McKenna-DoorsCreativity.mp3122-Trialogue: "Saving the World"Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:13:49 GMThttps://archive.org/download/122Trialogue1991Pt2/122-Trialogue-1991Pt2.mp3PopulationRecorded on September 2, 1991, this is the second tape of a conversation between biologist Rupert Sheldrake, mathematician Ralph Abraham, and psychedelic explorer Terence McKenna.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qf8gxW_W9zI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qf8gxW_W9zI/122-Trialogue-1991Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/122Trialogue1991Pt2/122-Trialogue-1991Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/122Trialogue1991Pt2/122-Trialogue-1991Pt2.mp3121-Trialogue: "Grass Roots Science"Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:11:01 GMThttps://archive.org/download/121Trialogue1991Pt1/121-Trialogue-1991Pt1.mp3ScienceRecorded on September 2, 1991, this conversation between biologist Rupert Sheldrake, mathematician Ralph Abraham, and psychedelic explorer Terence McKenna seems to have been recorded in private (without an audience).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/x18bkrMapBM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/x18bkrMapBM/121-Trialogue-1991Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/121Trialogue1991Pt1/121-Trialogue-1991Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/121Trialogue1991Pt1/121-Trialogue-1991Pt1.mp3120-Lorenzo: "Notes to Myself"Sun, 9 Dec 2007 05:45:21 GMThttps://archive.org/download/120LorenzoCuspOfChaosHF/120-LorenzoCuspOfChaosHF.mp3CultureLorenzo muses on what it means to live a psychedelic life, and he is joined by several of his musician friends along with a brief sound bite from Terence McKenna.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/UuyHZOUs-xU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/UuyHZOUs-xU/120-LorenzoCuspOfChaosHF.mp3https://archive.org/download/120LorenzoCuspOfChaosHF/120-LorenzoCuspOfChaosHF.mp3https://archive.org/download/120LorenzoCuspOfChaosHF/120-LorenzoCuspOfChaosHF.mp3119-McKenna: "A Crisis of Consciousness"Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:15:06 GMThttps://archive.org/download/119McKennaCrisisInConsciousness/119-McKenna-CrisisInConsciousness.mp3ConsciousnessIn this talk by Terence McKenna, among other things, he says, "It is a crisis in consciousness which confronts us globally. Consciousness is the commodity that if we do not have enough of it, do not produce it fast enough, then the momentum of the processes we set in motion in our ignorance is going to sterilize the planet and do us all in."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ioUdFgQF3Xs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ioUdFgQF3Xs/119-McKenna-CrisisInConsciousness.mp3https://archive.org/download/119McKennaCrisisInConsciousness/119-McKenna-CrisisInConsciousness.mp3https://archive.org/download/119McKennaCrisisInConsciousness/119-McKenna-CrisisInConsciousness.mp3118-Ramachandran: "What Neurology Can Tell Us About Human Nature, Synesthesia and Art"Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:39:50 GMThttps://archive.org/download/118RamachandranMSIV2003/118-RamachandranMSIV2003.mp3NeurobiologyIn this program neurologist Dr. V.S. Ramachandran talks about various ways in which brain structure can influence various forms of human behaviour, including the artistic impulse.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/-waIxTfcYG4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/-waIxTfcYG4/118-RamachandranMSIV2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/118RamachandranMSIV2003/118-RamachandranMSIV2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/118RamachandranMSIV2003/118-RamachandranMSIV2003.mp3117-McKenna: "The Importance of Psychedelics"Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:07:32 GMThttps://archive.org/download/117McKennaImportOfPsy/117-McKenna-ImportOfPsy.mp3PsychedelicsIn this lecture, Terence McKenna talks about the tragic situation we humans have placed ourselves in, and ways in which the boundry dissolution effects of psychedelic medicines can possibly save our species from what appears to be a certain extinction. . . . "What the psychedelic experience does, really, is it stretches the envelope of the imaginable."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/phc32UeRXpc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/phc32UeRXpc/117-McKenna-ImportOfPsy.mp3https://archive.org/download/117McKennaImportOfPsy/117-McKenna-ImportOfPsy.mp3https://archive.org/download/117McKennaImportOfPsy/117-McKenna-ImportOfPsy.mp3116-McKenna-Pesce: "TechnoPagans at the End of History"Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:50:19 GMThttps://archive.org/download/116McKennaPesceTechnoPagans/116-McKenna-Pesce-TechnoPagans.mp3Virtual RealityThis is the introduction to a workshop given by Terence McKenna and Mark Pesce at Easlen in August 1998. In it, they discuss virtual reality and psychedelic medicines among other things.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/PVDBUhMoPj4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/PVDBUhMoPj4/116-McKenna-Pesce-TechnoPagans.mp3https://archive.org/download/116McKennaPesceTechnoPagans/116-McKenna-Pesce-TechnoPagans.mp3https://archive.org/download/116McKennaPesceTechnoPagans/116-McKenna-Pesce-TechnoPagans.mp3115-Pesce: "Bios and Logos"Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:22:42 GMThttps://archive.org/download/115PesceMS2002/115-PesceMS2002.mp3ConsciousnessIn this talk that was delivered at the 2002 Mind States Conference held in Jamaica, Mark Pesce discusses, among other things, the technological singularity, DNA, and nanotechnology and how they relate to the ongoing evolution of our species.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/QsLx8qsH29Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/QsLx8qsH29Q/115-PesceMS2002.mp3https://archive.org/download/115PesceMS2002/115-PesceMS2002.mp3https://archive.org/download/115PesceMS2002/115-PesceMS2002.mp3114-McKenna: "Psychedelic Society"Sat, 3 Nov 2007 20:17:32 GMThttps://archive.org/download/114McKennaPsySoc/114-McKennaPsySoc.mp3CultureIn this talk given in 1984, Terence McKenna describes his vision of a society based on psychedelic thinking. This is the talk that eventually evolved into his famous essay with the same title.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/E5UkHqAiyJE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/E5UkHqAiyJE/114-McKennaPsySoc.mp3https://archive.org/download/114McKennaPsySoc/114-McKennaPsySoc.mp3https://archive.org/download/114McKennaPsySoc/114-McKennaPsySoc.mp3113-McKanna: "Syntax of Psychedelic Time"Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:06:58 GMThttps://archive.org/download/113McKenna8307Pt2/113-McKenna83-07Pt2.mp3Psychedelic timeThis is a continuation of a lecture by Terence McKenna that was given in July 1983. Also, Lorenzo talks about the firestorm that recently ravaged San Diego.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/-N1qPBVfmZo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/-N1qPBVfmZo/113-McKenna83-07Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/113McKenna8307Pt2/113-McKenna83-07Pt2.mp3https://archive.org/download/113McKenna8307Pt2/113-McKenna83-07Pt2.mp3112-McKenna: "Psychedelic Ideas"Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:47:25 GMThttps://archive.org/download/112McKenna8307/112-McKenna83-07.mp3I ChingTerence McKenna talks about the I Ching, his Timewave Zero hypothesis, and other esoteric concepts in what he calls a "think-along lecture" that was perhaps given sometime in 1983. . . . And Lorenzo reads some email from a few of the regular listeners to these podcasts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/dnKpN70ky4I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/dnKpN70ky4I/112-McKenna83-07.mp3https://archive.org/download/112McKenna8307/112-McKenna83-07.mp3https://archive.org/download/112McKenna8307/112-McKenna83-07.mp3111-Leaf: "Establishing a Tribal Land Base"Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:43:19 GMThttps://archive.org/download/111PlayalogueSeabrook2007/111-PlayalogueSeabrook2007.mp3TribeThis is a Palenque Norte playalogue that was moderated by Seabrook Leaf at the 2007 Burning Man festival. In this far-ranging conversation the concept of tribe is explored. Also, there are several stories about both successful and unsuccessful intentional communities.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/YqdTBb2KqR8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/YqdTBb2KqR8/111-PlayalogueSeabrook2007.mp3https://archive.org/download/111PlayalogueSeabrook2007/111-PlayalogueSeabrook2007.mp3https://archive.org/download/111PlayalogueSeabrook2007/111-PlayalogueSeabrook2007.mp3110-Trialogue: Hazelwwood House (Part 4)Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:19:55 GMThttps://archive.org/download/110TrialogueHazelwood04/110-TrialogueHazelwood04.mp3MathematicsIn this final installment of the Hazelwood House trialogues, Ralph Abraham begins talking about "Fractals on my mind, an epic in four parts". He is then joined by Terence McKenna and Rupert Sheldrake in a discussion of ways in which mathematics impacts metaphysical thinking.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Uhqli8Bu89E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Uhqli8Bu89E/110-TrialogueHazelwood04.mp3https://archive.org/download/110TrialogueHazelwood04/110-TrialogueHazelwood04.mp3https://archive.org/download/110TrialogueHazelwood04/110-TrialogueHazelwood04.mp3109-Trialogue: Hazelwwood House (Part 3)Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:16:05 GMThttps://archive.org/download/109TrialogueHazelwood03/109-TrialogueHazelwood03.mp3CultureIn part three of the Hazelwood House trialogues, Terence McKenna covers a wide range of topics with thoughts like, "That's what life is. It's a chemical strategy for the conquest of dimensionality."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/T67wPLQBQvE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/T67wPLQBQvE/109-TrialogueHazelwood03.mp3https://archive.org/download/109TrialogueHazelwood03/109-TrialogueHazelwood03.mp3https://archive.org/download/109TrialogueHazelwood03/109-TrialogueHazelwood03.mp3108-Trialogue: Hazelwwood House (Part 2)Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:04:03 GMThttps://archive.org/download/108TrialogueHazelwood02/108-TrialogueHazelwood02.mp3TimeIn this trialogue, which was the first held outside of California, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake talk about language, time, and what they mean by 'eschaton'. . . . This is part two of a four part trialogue.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fOydv0G1J0A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fOydv0G1J0A/108-TrialogueHazelwood02.mp3https://archive.org/download/108TrialogueHazelwood02/108-TrialogueHazelwood02.mp3https://archive.org/download/108TrialogueHazelwood02/108-TrialogueHazelwood02.mp3107-Trialogue: Hazelwood House (Part1)Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:12:28 GMThttps://archive.org/download/107TrialogueHazelwood01/107-TrialogueHazelwood01.mp3TrialogueIn their first trialogue held outside of California, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake begin this session by telling us what they think about one another. Then Rupert Sheldrake challenges Terence and Ralph to speculate on the as yet unknown physical principle underlying the ability of homing pigeons to return to their roosts. . . . This is part 1 of a four part trialogue.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/97yOZTcuibc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/97yOZTcuibc/107-TrialogueHazelwood01.mp3https://archive.org/download/107TrialogueHazelwood01/107-TrialogueHazelwood01.mp3https://archive.org/download/107TrialogueHazelwood01/107-TrialogueHazelwood01.mp3106-Damer: "The Ultimate Revelation: How Rare We Are in the Universe"Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:55:14 GMThttps://archive.org/download/106PLAYALOGUEDamerBM2007/106-PLAYALOGUE-Damer-BM2007.mp3ConsciousnessIn this 2007 Burning Man Playalogue sponsored by Palenque Norte, futurist Bruce Damer leads a community discussion about how rare life appears to be in the universe. And he has a few suggestions about what we might want to do about it.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/clqGp_ETwuw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/clqGp_ETwuw/106-PLAYALOGUE-Damer-BM2007.mp3https://archive.org/download/106PLAYALOGUEDamerBM2007/106-PLAYALOGUE-Damer-BM2007.mp3https://archive.org/download/106PLAYALOGUEDamerBM2007/106-PLAYALOGUE-Damer-BM2007.mp3105-Ameringo: "My Life as a Shaman and Artist"Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:06:35 GMThttps://archive.org/download/105PabloAmeringaMSIV/105-PabloAmeringaMSIV.mp3AyahuascaThe artist whose ayahuasca visions have inspired fans all over the world, Pablo Ameringo, is the guest lecturer in this podcast. Here he talks about his early life, and why he decided to take the path of the plants. Then he tells us what the plants have been saying to him lately. . . . At the end of the program, Lorenzo announces the schedule for the first ever Palenque Norte Playalogues, which will be held at the Burning Man Art Festival this year.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/pb0xEzzh-aA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/pb0xEzzh-aA/105-PabloAmeringaMSIV.mp3https://archive.org/download/105PabloAmeringaMSIV/105-PabloAmeringaMSIV.mp3https://archive.org/download/105PabloAmeringaMSIV/105-PabloAmeringaMSIV.mp3104-Blackmore: "Consciousness Isn't What It Seems To Be"Sat, 4 Aug 2007 02:11:44 GMThttps://archive.org/download/104BlackmoreMSIV2003/104-BlackmoreMSIV2003.mp3ConsciousnessThis program includes Susan's ground-breaking talk, "The Grand Illusion of Consciousness" given at the Mind States IV conference held in Berkeley, California on the last weekend in May, 2003. . . . Also in this program, Lorenzo explains, for the first time, the concept of the Playalogue.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/y7H4pljFJ6s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/y7H4pljFJ6s/104-BlackmoreMSIV2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/104BlackmoreMSIV2003/104-BlackmoreMSIV2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/104BlackmoreMSIV2003/104-BlackmoreMSIV2003.mp3103-Weil: "Psychoactive Drugs Through Human HistoryWed, 25 Jul 2007 23:18:02 GMThttps://archive.org/download/103WeilPSConf1983/103-Weil-PSConf1983.mp3PsychoactivesThis program includes a talk given by Dr. Andrew Weil at the Psychedelics and Spirituality conference that was held in Santa Barbara, California sometime in May 1983.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4IRTFAtaFNo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4IRTFAtaFNo/103-Weil-PSConf1983.mp3https://archive.org/download/103WeilPSConf1983/103-Weil-PSConf1983.mp3https://archive.org/download/103WeilPSConf1983/103-Weil-PSConf1983.mp3102-McKenna: "Build Your Own Damn Wagon"Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:52:56 GMThttps://archive.org/download/102McKennaJune291994/102-McKenna-June-29-1994.mp3CultureIn this 1994 Esalen appearance, Terence McKenna talks about "Laws and Freedom, Habits and Novelty" among other things.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/vPHLP7L0Wfc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/vPHLP7L0Wfc/102-McKenna-June-29-1994.mp3https://archive.org/download/102McKennaJune291994/102-McKenna-June-29-1994.mp3https://archive.org/download/102McKennaJune291994/102-McKenna-June-29-1994.mp3101-Lorenzo: "Ayahuasca Adventure"Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:00:45 GMThttps://archive.org/download/101AyahuascaAdventure/101-AyahuascaAdventure.mp3AyahuascaLorenzo interviews fellow Psychedelic Saloner, James, about a recent trip he made to the Amazon where he experienced ayahuasca for the first time.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Q3Kdl3qVuEo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Q3Kdl3qVuEo/101-AyahuascaAdventure.mp3https://archive.org/download/101AyahuascaAdventure/101-AyahuascaAdventure.mp3https://archive.org/download/101AyahuascaAdventure/101-AyahuascaAdventure.mp3100-Shulgin-McKenna: "Psychedelics and Spirituality Conference - 1983" (Part 1)Tue, 3 Jul 2007 23:52:59 GMThttps://archive.org/download/100SashaTerence1983/100-Sasha-Terence-1983.mp3PsychedelicsThis program includes the complete talks given by Sasha Shulgin and Terence McKenna at the legendary "Psychedelics and Spirituality" conference that was held in Santa Barbara, Califormia in May 1983.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/7fKheP1E0l4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/7fKheP1E0l4/100-Sasha-Terence-1983.mp3https://archive.org/download/100SashaTerence1983/100-Sasha-Terence-1983.mp3https://archive.org/download/100SashaTerence1983/100-Sasha-Terence-1983.mp3099-Various: "Controlling Culture" (Part 1)Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:53:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/099ControlCultureMS2003Pt1/099-ControlCultureMS2003Pt1.mp3War on DrugsAt the Mind States Conference held at Berkeley, CA in May, 2003, a panel discussion was held on the topic of ways our culture is being controlled by the government. This program features the statements of three of the panelists, Ricard Glen Boire, Erik Davis, and John Gilmore.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/NRkG1CHXFfI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/NRkG1CHXFfI/099-ControlCultureMS2003Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/099ControlCultureMS2003Pt1/099-ControlCultureMS2003Pt1.mp3https://archive.org/download/099ControlCultureMS2003Pt1/099-ControlCultureMS2003Pt1.mp3098-Fisher: "Psychedelic Research in the 1960s" (Part 2)Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:12:55 GMThttps://archive.org/download/098GaryFisher6507Disk2/098-GaryFisher6-5-07Disk2.mp3Timothy LearyThis is the second part of a conversation Lorenzo had with psychedelic research pioneer, Gary Fisher, Ph.D. In this program Gary talks about extraterrestials, Alan Watts, Aldous Huxley, Timothy Leary, and more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/RcOXeCypI24" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/RcOXeCypI24/098-GaryFisher6-5-07Disk2.mp3https://archive.org/download/098GaryFisher6507Disk2/098-GaryFisher6-5-07Disk2.mp3https://archive.org/download/098GaryFisher6507Disk2/098-GaryFisher6-5-07Disk2.mp3097-Fisher: "Psychedelic Research in the 1960s" (Part 1)Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:57:29 GMThttps://archive.org/download/097GaryFisher657Disk1/097GaryFisher6-5-7Disk1.mp3Psychedelic ResearchThis is the first part of a conversation Lorenzo had with psychedelic research pioneer, Gary Fisher, Ph.D. In this program Gary talks about his work with the severely emotionally disturbed children he treated with LSD and psilocybin.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/krHrtcCCg_k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/krHrtcCCg_k/097GaryFisher6-5-7Disk1.mp3https://archive.org/download/097GaryFisher657Disk1/097GaryFisher6-5-7Disk1.mp3https://archive.org/download/097GaryFisher657Disk1/097GaryFisher6-5-7Disk1.mp3096-Grob: "Psychedelic Research, MDMA Safety Issues, and more"Fri, 8 Jun 2007 21:32:20 GMThttps://archive.org/download/096CharlieGrobinterview6307/096-CharlieGrobinterview6-3-07.mp3Psychedelic ResearchLorenzo and Charlie Grob talk about the nuts and bolts of psychedelic research, safety issues involved with MDMA (ecstasy) use, and the successful alcoholism treatment using LSD that was perfected by early Canadian researchers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/u3Arc56AZfU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/u3Arc56AZfU/096-CharlieGrobinterview6-3-07.mp3https://archive.org/download/096CharlieGrobinterview6307/096-CharlieGrobinterview6-3-07.mp3https://archive.org/download/096CharlieGrobinterview6307/096-CharlieGrobinterview6-3-07.mp3095-Hanna: "Energy Drinks . . . and more"Wed, 30 May 2007 20:31:29 GMThttps://archive.org/download/095HannaInterview0507/095-Hanna-Interview-0507.mp3Energy DrinksIn this program Lorenzo has a long conversation with psychedelic entrepreneur Jon Hanna, writer, editor, lecturer, and producer of the Mind States conferences.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/fhTA-8Xx-pA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/fhTA-8Xx-pA/095-Hanna-Interview-0507.mp3https://archive.org/download/095HannaInterview0507/095-Hanna-Interview-0507.mp3https://archive.org/download/095HannaInterview0507/095-Hanna-Interview-0507.mp3094-Trialogue: "Morphogenic Family Fields" (Part 2)Fri, 25 May 2007 22:14:36 GMThttps://archive.org/download/094TrialogueJun98Pt2B/094-Trialogue-Jun98Pt2B.mp3Morphogenic fieldsPart two of a trialogue held on June 8, 1998 at Santa Cruz, CA, where Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake explored Rupert's concept of a morphogenic family field.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/AH_0TZFz9vw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/AH_0TZFz9vw/094-Trialogue-Jun98Pt2B.mp3https://archive.org/download/094TrialogueJun98Pt2B/094-Trialogue-Jun98Pt2B.mp3https://archive.org/download/094TrialogueJun98Pt2B/094-Trialogue-Jun98Pt2B.mp3093-Trialogue: "Morphogenic Family Fields" (Part 1)Sat, 19 May 2007 00:52:43 GMThttps://archive.org/download/093TrialogueJun98Pt2A/093-Trialogue-Jun98Pt2A.mp3Morphogenic fieldsPart one of a trialogue held on June 8, 1998 at Santa Cruz, CA, where Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake explored Rupert's concept of a morphogenic family field.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/NB6zjMn-xX0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/NB6zjMn-xX0/093-Trialogue-Jun98Pt2A.mp3https://archive.org/download/093TrialogueJun98Pt2A/093-Trialogue-Jun98Pt2A.mp3https://archive.org/download/093TrialogueJun98Pt2A/093-Trialogue-Jun98Pt2A.mp3092-Stolaroff: "Lone Pine Stories" (Part 3)Wed, 9 May 2007 19:28:38 GMThttps://archive.org/download/092StolaroffLonePine3/092-StolaroffLonePine3.mp3PsychedelicsLorenzo has a conversation with Myron Stolaroff at his hime in Lone Pine, California, where they discuss Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, Leo Zeff (the Secret Chief) and the importance of psychedelic medicines in the evolution of human consciousness.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/UjmMhpr_q0Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/UjmMhpr_q0Q/092-StolaroffLonePine3.mp3https://archive.org/download/092StolaroffLonePine3/092-StolaroffLonePine3.mp3https://archive.org/download/092StolaroffLonePine3/092-StolaroffLonePine3.mp3091-Trialogue: "Skepticism and the Balkanization of Epistemology" (Part 2)Sat, 5 May 2007 01:39:27 GMThttps://archive.org/download/091TrialogueJun98Pt1B/091-Trialogue-Jun98Pt1B.mp3SkepticismPart two of a trialogue held on June 8, 1998 at Santa Cruz, CA, where Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake explored the "fluff factor" and what degree of healthy skepticism is required these days.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/BmSLni1nXrQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/BmSLni1nXrQ/091-Trialogue-Jun98Pt1B.mp3https://archive.org/download/091TrialogueJun98Pt1B/091-Trialogue-Jun98Pt1B.mp3https://archive.org/download/091TrialogueJun98Pt1B/091-Trialogue-Jun98Pt1B.mp3090-Trialogue: "Skepticism and the Balkanization of Epistemology" (Part 1)Wed, 2 May 2007 18:15:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/090TrialogueJun98Pt1A/090-Trialogue-Jun98Pt1A.mp3SkepticismIn this trialogue held on June 8, 1998 at Santa Cruz, CA, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake explored the "fluff factor" and what degree of healthy skepticism is required these days.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_1dn3s-XdIs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_1dn3s-XdIs/090-Trialogue-Jun98Pt1A.mp3https://archive.org/download/090TrialogueJun98Pt1A/090-Trialogue-Jun98Pt1A.mp3https://archive.org/download/090TrialogueJun98Pt1A/090-Trialogue-Jun98Pt1A.mp3089-Pallamary: "Ayahuasca: Diet, Rituals, and Powers"Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:27:59 GMThttps://archive.org/download/089PallamaryAyahuasca/089-Pallamary-Ayahuasca.mp3AyahuascaThis is an interview Lorenzo did with Matt Pallamary about the topic of ayahuasca. Included in their conversation is a discussion of the recommended ayahuasca diet, ritual ways in which the medicine is used, and its potential for personal transformation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9dWawsfMr7w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9dWawsfMr7w/089-Pallamary-Ayahuasca.mp3https://archive.org/download/089PallamaryAyahuasca/089-Pallamary-Ayahuasca.mp3https://archive.org/download/089PallamaryAyahuasca/089-Pallamary-Ayahuasca.mp3088-Chopra: "Report on Psilocybin Study"Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:36:24 GMThttps://archive.org/download/088PreetChopraPN2006/088-PreetChopra-PN2006.mp3Psychedelic ResearchAt the 2006 Burning Man festival, Dr. Preet Chopra gave a Palenque Norte lecture in which he reported on the progress of a study being conducted at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. This is a podcast of that lecture where you will hear how psychiatrists are treating people suffering from end-stage cancer and suffering from anxiety with an experimental protocol that includes using psilocybin, the active ingredient of magic mushrooms.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4QuVG8RRDzM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4QuVG8RRDzM/088-PreetChopra-PN2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/088PreetChopraPN2006/088-PreetChopra-PN2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/088PreetChopraPN2006/088-PreetChopra-PN2006.mp3087-Greer: "MDMA Before Ecstasy"Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:17:26 GMThttps://archive.org/download/087GreerPN2006/087-GreerPN2006.mp3MDMAFrom 1980 to 1985, Dr. George Greer and his wife/Nurse-assistant, Requa Tolbert administered MDMA over 100 times to 80 people as part of his clinical psychiatric practice. According to the Heffter Research Institute, of which George is the Medial Director, George and Requa's review of their work remains the largest published study of the therapeutic use of MDMA. In this podcast we join George and Requa for their 2006 Palenque Norte lecture at Burning Man, where they discussed their earlier work.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/KuGbs4jdUoo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/KuGbs4jdUoo/087-GreerPN2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/087GreerPN2006/087-GreerPN2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/087GreerPN2006/087-GreerPN2006.mp3086-Mithoefer: "MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"Wed, 4 Apr 2007 22:10:17 GMThttps://archive.org/download/086MithoeferPN2006/086-MithoeferPN2006.mp3MDMADr. Michael Mithoefer talks about the progress he has made in his study of MDMA (Ecstasy) as an aid in the treatment of PTSD. This talk was given as a part of the MAPS/Palenque Norte lectures at the 2006 Burning Man festival.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qA1dpUujqM8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qA1dpUujqM8/086-MithoeferPN2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/086MithoeferPN2006/086-MithoeferPN2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/086MithoeferPN2006/086-MithoeferPN2006.mp3085-Damer: "The Great Project of the Universe"Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:40:46 GMThttps://archive.org/download/085BruceDamerOaxaca2004/085-BruceDamerOaxaca2004.mp3ConsciousnessBruce Damer, in a talk given at the Mind States conference in Oaxaca, Mexico during 2004 talks about Terence McKenna and speculates about why the universe has evolved us humans.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/QcuIkHj7TtY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/QcuIkHj7TtY/085-BruceDamerOaxaca2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/085BruceDamerOaxaca2004/085-BruceDamerOaxaca2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/085BruceDamerOaxaca2004/085-BruceDamerOaxaca2004.mp3084-Stolaroff: "Lone Pine Stories" (Part 2)Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:37:23 GMThttps://archive.org/download/084MyronStolaroff112006/084-MyronStolaroff11-2006.mp3Psychedelic researchMyron Stolaroff tells Lorenzo some stories about Al Hubbard, Duncan Blewett, Timothy Leary and others in a twilight conversation at the Stolaroff's home in the high desert.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/s_Ut91PLdGg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/s_Ut91PLdGg/084-MyronStolaroff11-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/084MyronStolaroff112006/084-MyronStolaroff11-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/084MyronStolaroff112006/084-MyronStolaroff11-2006.mp3083-Stolaroff: "Lone Pine Stories" (Part 1)Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:00:41 GMThttps://archive.org/download/083JeanMyronStolaroff112006/083-JeanMyronStolaroff11-2006.mp3Psychedelic ResearchJean and Myron Stolaroff have a conversation with Lorenzo about their pioneering work with psychedelic medicines.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/GnTcNKcuhzg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/GnTcNKcuhzg/083-JeanMyronStolaroff11-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/083JeanMyronStolaroff112006/083-JeanMyronStolaroff11-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/083JeanMyronStolaroff112006/083-JeanMyronStolaroff11-2006.mp3082-Trialogue Mini VersionFri, 9 Mar 2007 03:25:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/082TrialogueMINI/082-Trialogue-MINI.mp3Morphic ResonanceBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from an undated tape that was simply labeled "trialogue-mini".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/scdx5SqN4fw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/scdx5SqN4fw/082-Trialogue-MINI.mp3https://archive.org/download/082TrialogueMINI/082-Trialogue-MINI.mp3https://archive.org/download/082TrialogueMINI/082-Trialogue-MINI.mp3081-Siebert: "Salvia Divinorum"Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:14:32 GMThttps://archive.org/download/081Seibert01/081-Seibert01.mp3Salvia divinorumCurator of the famous Web site, SageWisdom.org, Daniel Siebert and Lorenzo have a conversation about Salvia divinorum.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/plG5w5lmjTY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/plG5w5lmjTY/081-Seibert01.mp3https://archive.org/download/081Seibert01/081-Seibert01.mp3https://archive.org/download/081Seibert01/081-Seibert01.mp3080-Pallamary: "Adventures of an Urban Shaman"Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:57:04 GMThttps://archive.org/download/080Pallamary01/080-Pallamary01.mp3ShamanismAuthor and student of shamanism, Matt Palamary is interviewed by Lorenzo.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/OCIxk9Zlp5w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/OCIxk9Zlp5w/080-Pallamary01.mp3https://archive.org/download/080Pallamary01/080-Pallamary01.mp3https://archive.org/download/080Pallamary01/080-Pallamary01.mp3079-Feilding-Pesce: Palenque Norte 2006 LecturesThu, 15 Feb 2007 03:47:54 GMThttps://archive.org/download/079FeildingPescePN2006/079-FeildingPescePN2006.mp32012Guest speakers are Amanda Feilding and Mark Pesce who are heard giving their 2006 Palenque Norte lectures at the Burning Man festival.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/E7US8EoERvY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/E7US8EoERvY/079-FeildingPescePN2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/079FeildingPescePN2006/079-FeildingPescePN2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/079FeildingPescePN2006/079-FeildingPescePN2006.mp3078-Trialogue: "The Apocalypse" (Part 2)Thu, 8 Feb 2007 03:17:58 GMThttps://archive.org/download/078Trialogue8990Tape10SideB/078-Trialogue89-90Tape10SideB.mp3ApocalypseBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 10, side B (The Apocalypse) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/UP4HjSGgoxk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/UP4HjSGgoxk/078-Trialogue89-90Tape10SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/078Trialogue8990Tape10SideB/078-Trialogue89-90Tape10SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/078Trialogue8990Tape10SideB/078-Trialogue89-90Tape10SideB.mp3077-Trialogue: "The Apocalypse" (Part 1)Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:33:19 GMThttps://archive.org/download/077Trialogue8990Tape10SideA/077-Trialogue89-90Tape10SideA.mp3ApocalypseBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 10, side A (The Apocalypse) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/d9E5kSllwM4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/d9E5kSllwM4/077-Trialogue89-90Tape10SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/077Trialogue8990Tape10SideA/077-Trialogue89-90Tape10SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/077Trialogue8990Tape10SideA/077-Trialogue89-90Tape10SideA.mp3076-Trialogue: "Education in the New World Order" (Part 2)Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:58:14 GMThttps://archive.org/download/076Trialogue8990Tape9SideB/076Trialogue89-90Tape9SideB.mp3EducationBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 9, side B (Education in the New World Order) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/V4xoDbHt_Yw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/V4xoDbHt_Yw/076Trialogue89-90Tape9SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/076Trialogue8990Tape9SideB/076Trialogue89-90Tape9SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/076Trialogue8990Tape9SideB/076Trialogue89-90Tape9SideB.mp3075-Trialogue: "Education in the New World Order" (Part 1)Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:45:29 GMThttps://archive.org/download/075Trialogue8990Tape9SideA/075-Trialogue89-90Tape9SideA.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 9, side A (Education in the New World Order) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/n96UOdOercc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/n96UOdOercc/075-Trialogue89-90Tape9SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/075Trialogue8990Tape9SideA/075-Trialogue89-90Tape9SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/075Trialogue8990Tape9SideA/075-Trialogue89-90Tape9SideA.mp3074-Trialogue: "The Resacularization of the World" (Part 2)Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:46:42 GMThttps://archive.org/download/074Trialogue8990Tape8SideB/074-Trialogue89-90Tape8SideB.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 8, side B (The Resacularization of the World) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ugv61ttUEd8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ugv61ttUEd8/074-Trialogue89-90Tape8SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/074Trialogue8990Tape8SideB/074-Trialogue89-90Tape8SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/074Trialogue8990Tape8SideB/074-Trialogue89-90Tape8SideB.mp3073-Trialogue: "The Resacularization of the World" (Part 1)Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:45:39 GMThttps://archive.org/download/073Trialogue8990Tape8SideA/073-Trialogue89-90Tape8SideA.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 8, side A (The Resacularization of the World) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/btgvINWj4Ao" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/btgvINWj4Ao/073-Trialogue89-90Tape8SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/073Trialogue8990Tape8SideA/073-Trialogue89-90Tape8SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/073Trialogue8990Tape8SideA/073-Trialogue89-90Tape8SideA.mp3072-Trialogue: "The Unconscious" (Part 2)Sat, 6 Jan 2007 18:49:54 GMThttps://archive.org/download/072Trialogue8990Tape7SideB/072-Trialogue89-90Tape7SideB.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 7, side B (The Unconscious) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/D45V5cLkRxo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/D45V5cLkRxo/072-Trialogue89-90Tape7SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/072Trialogue8990Tape7SideB/072-Trialogue89-90Tape7SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/072Trialogue8990Tape7SideB/072-Trialogue89-90Tape7SideB.mp3071-Trialogue: "The Unconscious" (Part 1)Thu, 4 Jan 2007 03:32:08 GMThttps://archive.org/download/071Trialogue8990Tape7SideA/071-Trialogue89-90Tape7SideA.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 7, side A (The Unconscious) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Yh6dcd60al0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Yh6dcd60al0/071-Trialogue89-90Tape7SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/071Trialogue8990Tape7SideA/071-Trialogue89-90Tape7SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/071Trialogue8990Tape7SideA/071-Trialogue89-90Tape7SideA.mp3070-Trialogue: "Entities" (Part 2)Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:42:54 GMThttps://archive.org/download/070Trialogue8990Tape6SideB/070-Trialogue89-90Tape6SideB.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 6, side B (Entities) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ljDvX1y_9nQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ljDvX1y_9nQ/070-Trialogue89-90Tape6SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/070Trialogue8990Tape6SideB/070-Trialogue89-90Tape6SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/070Trialogue8990Tape6SideB/070-Trialogue89-90Tape6SideB.mp3069-Trialogue: "Entities" (Part 1)Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:48:47 GMThttps://archive.org/download/069Trialogue8990Tape6SideA/069-Trialogue89-90Tape6SideA.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 6, side A (Entities) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/MIzgrlA4kro" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/MIzgrlA4kro/069-Trialogue89-90Tape6SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/069Trialogue8990Tape6SideA/069-Trialogue89-90Tape6SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/069Trialogue8990Tape6SideA/069-Trialogue89-90Tape6SideA.mp3068-Trialogue: "Light and Vision" (Part 2)Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:46:00 GMThttps://archive.org/download/068Trialogue8990Tape5SideB/068-Trialogue89-90Tape5SideB.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 5, side B (Light and Vision) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/pz_A-2Xvskk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/pz_A-2Xvskk/068-Trialogue89-90Tape5SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/068Trialogue8990Tape5SideB/068-Trialogue89-90Tape5SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/068Trialogue8990Tape5SideB/068-Trialogue89-90Tape5SideB.mp3067-Trialogue: "Light and Vision" (Part 1)Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:07:14 GMThttps://archive.org/download/067Trialogue8990Tape5SideA/067-Trialogue89-90Tape5SideA.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 5, side A (Light and Vision) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/hqLh3YyGFpA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/hqLh3YyGFpA/067-Trialogue89-90Tape5SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/067Trialogue8990Tape5SideA/067-Trialogue89-90Tape5SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/067Trialogue8990Tape5SideA/067-Trialogue89-90Tape5SideA.mp3066-Trialogue: "Chaos and Imagination" (Part 2)Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:13:42 GMThttps://archive.org/download/066Trialogue8990Tape3SideB/066-Trialogue89-90Tape3SideB.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 3, side B (Chaos and Imagination) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/G1bzq54v_18" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/G1bzq54v_18/066-Trialogue89-90Tape3SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/066Trialogue8990Tape3SideB/066-Trialogue89-90Tape3SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/066Trialogue8990Tape3SideB/066-Trialogue89-90Tape3SideB.mp3065-Trialogue: "Chaos and Imagination" (Part 1)Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:53:04 GMThttps://archive.org/download/065Trialogue8990Tape3SideA/065-Trialogue89-90Tape3SideA.mp3ChaosBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 3, side A (Chaos and Imagination) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/zuVr1uLRfSI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/zuVr1uLRfSI/065-Trialogue89-90Tape3SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/065Trialogue8990Tape3SideA/065-Trialogue89-90Tape3SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/065Trialogue8990Tape3SideA/065-Trialogue89-90Tape3SideA.mp3064-Norberg: "Confessions of a Dope Dealer"Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:36:06 GMThttps://archive.org/download/064SheldonNorberg01/064-SheldonNorberg01.mp3PsychedelicsA phone interview with Sheldon Norberg in which he talks about his former life, beginning in junior high school, when he was a dope dealer.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/TBEpfzr27Ng" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/TBEpfzr27Ng/064-SheldonNorberg01.mp3https://archive.org/download/064SheldonNorberg01/064-SheldonNorberg01.mp3https://archive.org/download/064SheldonNorberg01/064-SheldonNorberg01.mp3063-Trialogue: "Creativity and Chaos" (Part 2)Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:07:05 GMThttps://archive.org/download/063Trialogue8990Tape2Sideb/063-Trialogue89-90Tape2Sideb.mp3TrialogueBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 2, side B (Creativity and Chaos) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/G1h44EViXvA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/G1h44EViXvA/063-Trialogue89-90Tape2Sideb.mp3https://archive.org/download/063Trialogue8990Tape2Sideb/063-Trialogue89-90Tape2Sideb.mp3https://archive.org/download/063Trialogue8990Tape2Sideb/063-Trialogue89-90Tape2Sideb.mp3062-Trialogue: "Creativity and Chaos" (Part 1)Fri, 8 Dec 2006 20:29:29 GMThttps://archive.org/download/062Trialogue8990Tape2SideA/062-Trialogue89-90Tape2SideA.mp3TrialogueBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 2, side A (Creativity and Chaos) of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/jGck--n-bsY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/jGck--n-bsY/062-Trialogue89-90Tape2SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/062Trialogue8990Tape2SideA/062-Trialogue89-90Tape2SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/062Trialogue8990Tape2SideA/062-Trialogue89-90Tape2SideA.mp3061-Trialogue: "Creativity and Imagination" (Part 2)Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:45:43 GMThttps://archive.org/download/061Trialogue8990Tape1SideB/061-Trialogue89-90Tape1SideB.mp3TrialogueBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 1, side B of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/QEj_tWuYsDc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/QEj_tWuYsDc/061-Trialogue89-90Tape1SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/061Trialogue8990Tape1SideB/061-Trialogue89-90Tape1SideB.mp3https://archive.org/download/061Trialogue8990Tape1SideB/061-Trialogue89-90Tape1SideB.mp3060-Stloaroff: "The Future of Human Consciousness"Tue, 5 Dec 2006 04:01:02 GMThttps://archive.org/download/060MyronStolaroffHofmann100/060-MyronStolaroff-Hofmann100.mp3ConsciousnessThis program features a talk given by Myron Stolaroff in Basil, Switzerland at the January 2006 celebration of Dr. Albert Hofmann's 100th birthday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Pr3cmi9Slmw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Pr3cmi9Slmw/060-MyronStolaroff-Hofmann100.mp3https://archive.org/download/060MyronStolaroffHofmann100/060-MyronStolaroff-Hofmann100.mp3https://archive.org/download/060MyronStolaroffHofmann100/060-MyronStolaroff-Hofmann100.mp3059-Trialogue: "Creativity and Imagination" (Part 1)Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:02:25 GMThttps://archive.org/download/059Trialogue8990Tape1SideA/059-Trialogue89-90Tape1SideA.mp3TrialogueBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from tape 1, side A of the first series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/f0Ebs5dV720" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/f0Ebs5dV720/059-Trialogue89-90Tape1SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/059Trialogue8990Tape1SideA/059-Trialogue89-90Tape1SideA.mp3https://archive.org/download/059Trialogue8990Tape1SideA/059-Trialogue89-90Tape1SideA.mp3058-Trialogue-: "Cast of Characters"Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:44:23 GMThttps://archive.org/download/058Trialogue8990CastOfCharacters/058-Trialogue89-90CastOfCharacters.mp3TrialogueBetween 1989 and 1998, Terence McKenna, Ralph Abraham, and Rupert Sheldrake conducted a series of trialogues on a wide range of topics. This program is from the introductory tape in the first series and sets the scene for all of the trialogues that will follow.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/JCfYcCkGjOU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/JCfYcCkGjOU/058-Trialogue89-90CastOfCharacters.mp3https://archive.org/download/058Trialogue8990CastOfCharacters/058-Trialogue89-90CastOfCharacters.mp3https://archive.org/download/058Trialogue8990CastOfCharacters/058-Trialogue89-90CastOfCharacters.mp3057-Pinchbeck: "Aliens, Elementals, and the Daimonic Realm"Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:21:32 GMThttps://archive.org/download/057DanielPinchbeckOracle2006/057-DanielPinchbeck-Oracle2006.mp32012Here is Daniel Pinchbeck speaking at the Oracle Gathering in Seattle at the end of October 2006 where he discussed "meeting the other". In this presentation he asks, are the entities met in aliens abductions, fairy stories, and psychedelic visions actual "others" or projected aspects of our own psyche? How can we understand and articulate these encounters in a meaningful way?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/CMzgYB7HYHw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/CMzgYB7HYHw/057-DanielPinchbeck-Oracle2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/057DanielPinchbeckOracle2006/057-DanielPinchbeck-Oracle2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/057DanielPinchbeckOracle2006/057-DanielPinchbeck-Oracle2006.mp3056-Lorenzo: "The Other Side of 2012"Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:35:59 GMThttps://archive.org/download/056LorenzoOracleGathering2006/056-Lorenzo-OracleGathering-2006.mp32012This is a talk that Lorenzo gave at an Oracle Gathering in Seattle at the end of October 2006. In it he discusses three possible approaches to the 2012 meme: Muddling along, waiting for a mystical/magical transformation, or taking charge of your own life and planning for a personal change even though no major external events occur.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/tlXscYGn8ws" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/tlXscYGn8ws/056-Lorenzo-OracleGathering-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/056LorenzoOracleGathering2006/056-Lorenzo-OracleGathering-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/056LorenzoOracleGathering2006/056-Lorenzo-OracleGathering-2006.mp3055-Pendell: "Horizon Anarchism"Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:40:28 GMThttps://archive.org/download/055DalePendellPalenqueNorte2006/055-DalePendell-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3AnarchismIn his 2006 Palenque Norte lecture at Burning Man, Dale Pendell introduced the concept of Horizon Anarchism, and we are fortunate to be able to present this talk in its entirity in this edition of the Psychedelic Salon. If you think you know everyting there is to know about anarchism, you owe it to yourself to hear Dale's talk about this interesting new approach. One of my favorite soundbites is "Isolation is one of the keys of state power. So it is very important for us to get together and have fun."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/VIsOPJhJu1s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/VIsOPJhJu1s/055-DalePendell-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/055DalePendellPalenqueNorte2006/055-DalePendell-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/055DalePendellPalenqueNorte2006/055-DalePendell-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3054-Sand: "Synergistic Combinations in the Future"Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:15:24 GMThttps://archive.org/download/054NickSandPalenqueNorte2006/054-NickSand-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3PsychedelicsIn his 2006 Palenque Norte lecture at Burning Man, Nick Sand explains how best to use some of the more interesting combinations of sacred medicines. Additionally he answered a wide range of questions that included such diverse topics as the relationship of the atomic bomb to LSD and the reasons he left the quiet life of academia to create Orange Sunshine, which was considered to be some of the best acid available in the 1960s.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/reBBQAFmh-Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/reBBQAFmh-Y/054-NickSand-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/054NickSandPalenqueNorte2006/054-NickSand-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/054NickSandPalenqueNorte2006/054-NickSand-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3053-Shulgin: "Ask the Shulgins" (Burniong Man 2006)Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:13:34 GMThttps://archive.org/download/053AskTheShulginsPalenqueNorte2006/053-AskTheShulgins-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3PsychedelicThis program features Ann and Sasha Shulgin in their 2006 appearance at Burning Man where they participated in the Palenque Norte lecture series with their ever-popular "Ask the Shulgins" question and answer session. . . . Also, Sasha describes how his first mescaline experience led to his future experiments with various compounds . . . and he warns about the unpredictability of these substances.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/WSSCP6RpseM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/WSSCP6RpseM/053-AskTheShulgins-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/053AskTheShulginsPalenqueNorte2006/053-AskTheShulgins-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/053AskTheShulginsPalenqueNorte2006/053-AskTheShulgins-PalenqueNorte2006.mp3052-Grey: "The Future of Visionary Art" (Part 2)Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:17:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/052ArtPanelPalenqueNorte2006Part2/052-ArtPanel-PalenqueNorte2006Part2.mp3ArtThis is the second part of the Art Panel presentation for the Palenque Norte lectures at the 2006 Burning Man festival. This program consists of the remaining Q&A with the audience and Erik Davis' rap about the importance of visionary art.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Qj0hua08qv4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Qj0hua08qv4/052-ArtPanel-PalenqueNorte2006Part2.mp3https://archive.org/download/052ArtPanelPalenqueNorte2006Part2/052-ArtPanel-PalenqueNorte2006Part2.mp3https://archive.org/download/052ArtPanelPalenqueNorte2006Part2/052-ArtPanel-PalenqueNorte2006Part2.mp3051-Grey: "The Future of Visionary Art" (Part 1)Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:16:55 GMThttps://archive.org/download/051ArtPanelPalenqueNorte2006Part1/051-ArtPanel-PalenqueNorte2006Part1.mp3ArtThis program is part one of the Art Panel presentation for the Palenque Norte lectures at the 2006 Burning Man festival. In this program Alex Grey talks about the purpose of visionary art, Allyson Grey explains her vision of personal sacred spaces, Martina Hoffmann advises us to not underestimate our own creativity, and Roberto Venosa describes the process of channeling energy from higher dimensions into visionary art.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/l-Ltiqm9xME" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/l-Ltiqm9xME/051-ArtPanel-PalenqueNorte2006Part1.mp3https://archive.org/download/051ArtPanelPalenqueNorte2006Part1/051-ArtPanel-PalenqueNorte2006Part1.mp3https://archive.org/download/051ArtPanelPalenqueNorte2006Part1/051-ArtPanel-PalenqueNorte2006Part1.mp3050-Pinchbeck: "Cancel the Apocalypse"Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:20:40 GMThttps://archive.org/download/050DanielPinchbeckPalenqueNorte2006/050-DanielPinchbeck-PalenqueNorte-2006.mp3CultureDaniel Pinchbeck brings us up to date with his current thinking about mythical cycles, the Mayan calendar, time as a quality, psychic evolution, and a wide range of other topics that he investigated while researching his new book, "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl". Among other things Daniel discusses in this, his 2006 Palenque Norte lecture at Burning Man, is "a massive upsurge in synchronicities" and "reality becoming more psychically malleable".<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/XsKce0WaNVQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/XsKce0WaNVQ/050-DanielPinchbeck-PalenqueNorte-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/050DanielPinchbeckPalenqueNorte2006/050-DanielPinchbeck-PalenqueNorte-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/050DanielPinchbeckPalenqueNorte2006/050-DanielPinchbeck-PalenqueNorte-2006.mp3049-Davis: "Pharmacology and the Posthuman Phuture"Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:30:49 GMThttps://archive.org/download/049ErikDavisPalenqueNorte2006/049-ErikDavis-PalenqueNorte-2006.mp3CultureIn his inspiring 2006 Palenque Norte lecture at Burning Man, Erik Davis takes a peek at what the future may have in store for us. And contrary to so much of the doom and gloom we hear all around us these days, Erik's message is that there is much hope for humanity in the future. This talk is certainly thought-provoking and is not to be missed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ZBdO-RK2-3w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ZBdO-RK2-3w/049-ErikDavis-PalenqueNorte-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/049ErikDavisPalenqueNorte2006/049-ErikDavis-PalenqueNorte-2006.mp3https://archive.org/download/049ErikDavisPalenqueNorte2006/049-ErikDavis-PalenqueNorte-2006.mp3048-Various: Palenque Norte 2006 SamplerTue, 12 Sep 2006 15:47:20 GMThttps://archive.org/download/048BurningMan2006Samples/048-BurningMan2006Samples.mp3CultureThis was the most ambitious schedule yet for the Palenque Norte lectures, 39 speakers in four days. Thanks to the good folks at Entheon Village who provided the facility, which was one of the largest tents on the playa this year, they took place without too many problems sneaking up on us. In this podcast you will hear sound bites from the talks given by Mark Pesce, Erik Davis, Daniel Pinchbeck, Alex Grey, Allyson Grey, and Nick Sand. In the weeks ahead, their complete presentations will be podcast for those of you who weren't able to make it to the burn this year.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/p_U1tB-oxow" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/p_U1tB-oxow/048-BurningMan2006Samples.mp3https://archive.org/download/048BurningMan2006Samples/048-BurningMan2006Samples.mp3https://archive.org/download/048BurningMan2006Samples/048-BurningMan2006Samples.mp3047-Damer: "The Day the Universe Becomes Conscious"Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:14:15 GMThttps://archive.org/download/047DamerBrandt2003BM/047-DamerBrandt2003BM.mp3ConsciousnessTerence McKenna once called Bruce Damer “a visionary's visionary,” and Bruce certainly lived up to that reputation in his 2003 Burning Man presentation. Combining subjects as diverse as evolution, psychedelic experiences, and physics, he builds a mental construct to rival Olaf Stapleton's classic work "Starmaker".
In addition to Bruce's ideas about a conscious universe, we were also treated to an interesting rap by his wife, Galen Brandt, as she explaines the lure of the Burning Man experience.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/bW3z69E_BZA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/bW3z69E_BZA/047-DamerBrandt2003BM.mp3https://archive.org/download/047DamerBrandt2003BM/047-DamerBrandt2003BM.mp3https://archive.org/download/047DamerBrandt2003BM/047-DamerBrandt2003BM.mp3046-Aisner "Reproducible Experiences on Different Entheogens"Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:27:38 GMThttps://archive.org/download/046RafaelOBM2004/046-RafaelO-BM2004.mp3PsychedelicsRafaelO Aisner explains how to create reproducible experiences with MDMA, psilocybin, LSD, DMT, 5-MEO-DMT, 2CI, 2CB, 2CT7, 2CT2, and mescaline. This talk was originally given at the 2004 Palenque Norte lectures at Burning Man.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/4aqYrzTohec" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/4aqYrzTohec/046-RafaelO-BM2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/046RafaelOBM2004/046-RafaelO-BM2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/046RafaelOBM2004/046-RafaelO-BM2004.mp3045-Clark "Rave Culture And the End Of The World . . . . . . as we know it"Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:07:48 GMThttps://archive.org/download/045FrazierClarkStanford1996/045-FrazierClarkStanford1996.mp3Rave CultureFraser Clark returns to the Psychedelic Salon with a brilliant talk he gave as a guest lecturer at Stanford University. In his introduction to this podcast, Lorenzo calls this one of the most important programs we have heard so far in this series.
In this talk you're going to hear one off the most concise explanations of the evolution from beat to hippy to zippy to raver that you're probably ever going to hear.Adopting the philosophy of the rave culture, at least the way Fraser explains it in this talk, is perhaps our species' best hope for a sustainable, peaceful, and beautiful place to continue chugging along on our evolutionary path.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/g6_yBhEiJOw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/g6_yBhEiJOw/045-FrazierClarkStanford1996.mp3https://archive.org/download/045FrazierClarkStanford1996/045-FrazierClarkStanford1996.mp3https://archive.org/download/045FrazierClarkStanford1996/045-FrazierClarkStanford1996.mp3044-Vanosky-Candelaria: “A Conversation About How Communities Come About”Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:21:05 GMThttps://archive.org/download/044VanoskyCandelariaBM2003/044-VanoskyCandelariaBM2003.mp3CommunityKen Vanosky and Jerry Candelaria moderated the most interactive of the 2003 Palenque Norte conversations at Burning Man, and in this recording you will also hear from several members of the audience who added some significant thoughts of their own.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/_iM-w9q4EXo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/_iM-w9q4EXo/044-VanoskyCandelariaBM2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/044VanoskyCandelariaBM2003/044-VanoskyCandelariaBM2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/044VanoskyCandelariaBM2003/044-VanoskyCandelariaBM2003.mp3043-Gilmore: "The Politics of Psychedelic Research"Fri, 7 Jul 2006 01:24:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/043GilmorePsychedelicPolitics/043-Gilmore-PsychedelicPolitics.mp3PsychedelicsJohn Gilmore talks about the politics involved in legitimate psychedelic research at a conference in the Netherlands. What The Hack is an outdoor hacker conference/event that took place on a large event campground in the south of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/VJTi1BiNtic" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/VJTi1BiNtic/043-Gilmore-PsychedelicPolitics.mp3https://archive.org/download/043GilmorePsychedelicPolitics/043-Gilmore-PsychedelicPolitics.mp3https://archive.org/download/043GilmorePsychedelicPolitics/043-Gilmore-PsychedelicPolitics.mp3042-Fadiman “Using Psychedelics for Rational Work”Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:46:06 GMThttps://archive.org/download/042FadimanRationalPsychedelics/042-FadimanRationalPsychedelics.mp3PsychedelicsFrom the Mind States conference in 2003, James Fadiman gives an entertaining account of his early days in psychedelic research. Some of the early findings of his work will amaze you.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/RWarXglDQQ8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/RWarXglDQQ8/042-FadimanRationalPsychedelics.mp3https://archive.org/download/042FadimanRationalPsychedelics/042-FadimanRationalPsychedelics.mp3https://archive.org/download/042FadimanRationalPsychedelics/042-FadimanRationalPsychedelics.mp3041-Erowid: "Grassroots Peer Reviews of Psychedelic Information"Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:29:58 GMThttps://archive.org/download/041ErowidGrassrootsPeerReview/041-ErowidGrassrootsPeerReview.mp3PsychedelicsEarth & Fire Erowid return to the Psychedelic Salon with a talk they gave at the 2002 Mind States conference that was held in Jamaica. In this presentation, Fire and Earth begin what has become an ongoing discussion among psychonaughts regarding ways in which to judge the validity of information in an age when information overload has become an everyday experience for many people.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/FwTYJnm4Olc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/FwTYJnm4Olc/041-ErowidGrassrootsPeerReview.mp3https://archive.org/download/041ErowidGrassrootsPeerReview/041-ErowidGrassrootsPeerReview.mp3https://archive.org/download/041ErowidGrassrootsPeerReview/041-ErowidGrassrootsPeerReview.mp3040-Aisner: "Psychedelogy: A Novel Paradigm of Self"Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:19:30 GMThttps://archive.org/download/040RafaelO2003BM/040-RafaelO2003BM.mp3PhilosophyIn this program, RafaelO Aisner, founder of the Rosetta Method School of Thought, explains his novel philosophical blend of Science, Mysticism, Psychology, Health, Urban-Shamanism and Empowerment.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/qi9apwosX28" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/qi9apwosX28/040-RafaelO2003BM.mp3https://archive.org/download/040RafaelO2003BM/040-RafaelO2003BM.mp3https://archive.org/download/040RafaelO2003BM/040-RafaelO2003BM.mp3039-Various: Mind States 2005 Samples & LorenzoTue, 6 Jun 2006 18:00:13 GMThttps://archive.org/download/039MindStates2005Samples/039-MindStates2005Samples.mp3MDMA (Ecstasy)Selections from talks given by Ann & Sasha Shulgin, Alex Grey, Dr. Rick Doblin, Dr. Julie Holland, and Dr. Charles Grob at the 2005 Mind States Converence. Also included is a talk by Lorenzo that recapitualtes his 2003 Mind States presentation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/sWvE02gajdo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/sWvE02gajdo/039-MindStates2005Samples.mp3https://archive.org/download/039MindStates2005Samples/039-MindStates2005Samples.mp3https://archive.org/download/039MindStates2005Samples/039-MindStates2005Samples.mp3038-Zoe7: “Mind Machines, Entheogens, and the Expansion of Consciousness”Sun, 21 May 2006 20:40:45 GMThttps://archive.org/download/038Zoe7MindStatesII/038-Zoe7MindStatesII.mp3ConsciousnessZoe7 is a multi-dimensional synergy personality cluster who inhabits the body and mind of consciousness researcher, Joseph Marti. (The other five personalities are: Max McCullan, Ebhrious, Jiebro, Kzark Prestidius, and Lee Steel.) His book, "Into The Void Exploring Consciousness, Hyperspace and Beyond Using Brain Technology, Psychedelics and Altered-Mind States", depicts Marti’s experiments with mind machines, entheogens, and psychological time travel, how the Zoe7 cluster came to be, as well as new theories on parallel universes and probable Earths, the mechanics of reality and existence, and the mind of God.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/NygxCY03XK8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/NygxCY03XK8/038-Zoe7MindStatesII.mp3https://archive.org/download/038Zoe7MindStatesII/038-Zoe7MindStatesII.mp3https://archive.org/download/038Zoe7MindStatesII/038-Zoe7MindStatesII.mp3037-Sand: "Reflections on Imprisonment and Liberation as Aspects of Consciousness"Wed, 17 May 2006 17:23:26 GMThttps://archive.org/download/037NickSand2001/037-NickSand2001.mp3War on DrugsNick Sand, one of the original psychedelic guides from the Millbrook commune, alchemist, yogi, spiritual practitioner, and drug war victim, discusses the psychological states encountered as an underground chemist, a fugitive, and his five years in prison. The topics dealt with will be how attitude, intention, and time, reveal the reality of true inner freedom.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Us963_YXmKM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Us963_YXmKM/037-NickSand2001.mp3https://archive.org/download/037NickSand2001/037-NickSand2001.mp3https://archive.org/download/037NickSand2001/037-NickSand2001.mp3036-McKenna: "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 10)Mon, 8 May 2006 19:34:46 GMThttps://archive.org/download/036TerenceMcKennaValley10/036-TerenceMcKenna-Valley10.mp3PsychedelicsIn this last of a ten part series, Terence McKenna closes this workshop with some thoughts about psychedelics as time machines, the forest of the Internet, the erotization of our technology, a form of circus called the DMT experience, and ending with some pracitical tools you can use to prepare for a psychydelic experience.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/AI00PA3bgxg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/AI00PA3bgxg/036-TerenceMcKenna-Valley10.mp3https://archive.org/download/036TerenceMcKennaValley10/036-TerenceMcKenna-Valley10.mp3https://archive.org/download/036TerenceMcKennaValley10/036-TerenceMcKenna-Valley10.mp3035-McKenna "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 9)Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:32:24 GMThttps://archive.org/download/035TerenceMcKennaValley09/035-TerenceMcKenna-Valley09.mp3PsychedelicsIn just 50 minutes, Terence McKenna talks about how great cultures can lose their way, transforming machine-elves, the story of psychedelic psychotherapy, the Balkanization of epistemology, the UFO community as a social phenomenon, the role of psychedelics in the world corporate state, nanotechnology, time machines and the singularity. . . . See if you can keep up with this Niagara of ideas.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/ZQBRRPPh0jU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/ZQBRRPPh0jU/035-TerenceMcKenna-Valley09.mp3https://archive.org/download/035TerenceMcKennaValley09/035-TerenceMcKenna-Valley09.mp3https://archive.org/download/035TerenceMcKennaValley09/035-TerenceMcKenna-Valley09.mp3034-McKenna: "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 8)Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:14:24 GMThttps://archive.org/download/034TerenceMcKennaValley08/034-TerenceMcKenna-Valley08.mp3PsychedelicsTerence McKenna talks about: The evolution of art representing the human form, The impact of psilocybin on human sexuality, How to build a gravity bong, More thoughts on "the AI" being an obvious consequence of the Internet, Further discussion about the Timewave Theory, How his thoughts about the eschaton affect his daily life, Psychedelics and the end of your spiritual childhood.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/LI3xaxMrKL0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/LI3xaxMrKL0/034-TerenceMcKenna-Valley08.mp3https://archive.org/download/034TerenceMcKennaValley08/034-TerenceMcKenna-Valley08.mp3https://archive.org/download/034TerenceMcKennaValley08/034-TerenceMcKenna-Valley08.mp3033-McKenna: "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 7)Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:18:55 GMThttps://archive.org/download/033TerenceMcKennaValley07/033-TerenceMcKenna-Valley07.mp3PsychedelicsIn this installment, Terence McKenna continues his discussion about schizophrenia, and then he goes on to discuss his involvement in the rave scene, the possibility of psychedelic mushrooms being messengers from an alien intelligence, culture as a conn, and a suggestion for reversing the destruction of our Earthly environment.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Hd3EA4GDuTk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Hd3EA4GDuTk/033-TerenceMcKenna-Valley07.mp3https://archive.org/download/033TerenceMcKennaValley07/033-TerenceMcKenna-Valley07.mp3https://archive.org/download/033TerenceMcKennaValley07/033-TerenceMcKenna-Valley07.mp3032-McKenna: "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 6)Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:08:32 GMThttps://archive.org/download/032TerenceMcKennaValley06/032-TerenceMcKenna-Valley06.mp3PsychedelicsTerence McKenna talks about human/machine symbiosis, the Internet, evolution, teleology, and process schizophrenia among other things.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/oN86q-LQL04" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/oN86q-LQL04/032-TerenceMcKenna-Valley06.mp3https://archive.org/download/032TerenceMcKennaValley06/032-TerenceMcKenna-Valley06.mp3https://archive.org/download/032TerenceMcKennaValley06/032-TerenceMcKenna-Valley06.mp3031-McKenna: "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 5)Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:59:29 GMThttps://archive.org/download/031TerenceMcKennaValley05/031-TerenceMcKenna-Valley05.mp3Archaic RevivalThis is the fifth program in a series of talks given by Terence McKenna in the summer of 1998. In addition to discussing the archaic revival, the importance of psychedelics at this moment in time, and similarities and differences between a mystical experience and a psychedelic experience he tells a few boyhood stories.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/kYcoJ_KcNRQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/kYcoJ_KcNRQ/031-TerenceMcKenna-Valley05.mp3https://archive.org/download/031TerenceMcKennaValley05/031-TerenceMcKenna-Valley05.mp3https://archive.org/download/031TerenceMcKennaValley05/031-TerenceMcKenna-Valley05.mp3030-McKenna: "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 4)Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:48:34 GMThttps://archive.org/download/030TerenceMcKennaValley04/030-TerenceMcKenna-Valley04.mp3PsychedleicsTerence McKenna talks about his reasons for talking about psychedelics. He also talks about "the shaman and the world of Platonic ideals" and you will hear his rap on his perception of the psychedelic experience as a pure mathematical expression of hyperspace . . . it's a real trip!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/M0Hvar-jU8k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/M0Hvar-jU8k/030-TerenceMcKenna-Valley04.mp3https://archive.org/download/030TerenceMcKennaValley04/030-TerenceMcKenna-Valley04.mp3https://archive.org/download/030TerenceMcKennaValley04/030-TerenceMcKenna-Valley04.mp3029-McKenna: "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 3)Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:06:00 GMThttps://archive.org/download/029TerenceMcKennaValley03/029-TerenceMcKenna-Valley03.mp32012Terence McKenna discusses a wide range of topics including: Thoughts about 2012, the transcendental object at the end of time, and the origin of his timewave theory.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Q4-4_9UXODQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Q4-4_9UXODQ/029-TerenceMcKenna-Valley03.mp3https://archive.org/download/029TerenceMcKennaValley03/029-TerenceMcKenna-Valley03.mp3https://archive.org/download/029TerenceMcKennaValley03/029-TerenceMcKenna-Valley03.mp3028-McKenna: "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 2)Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:17:46 GMThttps://archive.org/download/028TerenceMcKennaValley02/028-TerenceMcKenna-Valley02.mp3PsychedelicsTerence McKenna discusses a wide range of topics including: Psychedelics vs. Meditaion; Gnostic rocket fuel; Dealing with fear; The story of the Good Shit; and much more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/0zeWWOp4a8Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/0zeWWOp4a8Y/028-TerenceMcKenna-Valley02.mp3https://archive.org/download/028TerenceMcKennaValley02/028-TerenceMcKenna-Valley02.mp3https://archive.org/download/028TerenceMcKennaValley02/028-TerenceMcKenna-Valley02.mp3027-McKenna: "In the Valley of Novelty" (Part 1)Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:27:26 GMThttps://archive.org/download/027TerenceMcKennaValley01/027-TerenceMcKenna-Valley01.mp3PsychedelicsTerence McKenna discusses a wide range of topics including: The timewave and recent plunges into novelty; The effects of DMT on the language portions of the brain; The most dangerous candy you can hand out; Art as the great searchlight that illuminates the future; and much more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/60MRaW-dD58" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/60MRaW-dD58/027-TerenceMcKenna-Valley01.mp3https://archive.org/download/027TerenceMcKennaValley01/027-TerenceMcKenna-Valley01.mp3https://archive.org/download/027TerenceMcKennaValley01/027-TerenceMcKenna-Valley01.mp3026-Erowid: "The Role of Drug Geeks in Society"Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:31:56 GMThttps://archive.org/download/026ErowidDrugGeeks/026-ErowidDrugGeeks.mp3PsychedelicThis is a talk given by Earth & Fire, the founders of the important Web stie Erowid.org. The talk was given at the 2002 Mind States Conference and includes the story of how Erowid came to be.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/bX9u2w2M730" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/bX9u2w2M730/026-ErowidDrugGeeks.mp3https://archive.org/download/026ErowidDrugGeeks/026-ErowidDrugGeeks.mp3https://archive.org/download/026ErowidDrugGeeks/026-ErowidDrugGeeks.mp3025-Shulgin: "Sasha Shulgin Speaking About Cacti"Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:30:10 GMThttps://archive.org/download/025SashaShulginCacti/025-SashaShulgin-Cacti.mp3CactiThis is a part of a talk given by Sasha Shulgin at the 2002 Mind States Conference in Jamaica. More information about Dr. Shulgin is available in the podcast section of the www.PalenqueNorte.org website.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/-x1ZN2Q3YHo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/-x1ZN2Q3YHo/025-SashaShulgin-Cacti.mp3https://archive.org/download/025SashaShulginCacti/025-SashaShulgin-Cacti.mp3https://archive.org/download/025SashaShulginCacti/025-SashaShulgin-Cacti.mp3024-Grey: "The Art of Alex Grey"Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:50:23 GMThttps://archive.org/download/024AlexGreyMindStatesJamaica/024-AlexGrey-MindStatesJamaica.mp3ArtAlex Grey, describes his journey as an artist through a description of some of his work. This talk took place at the Mind States conference in 2002. All of the paintings, drawings, and performance pieces he discusses in this presentation may be viewed on Alex Grey's personal Web site, www.alexgrey.com.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/mQBrwAinN6s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/mQBrwAinN6s/024-AlexGrey-MindStatesJamaica.mp3https://archive.org/download/024AlexGreyMindStatesJamaica/024-AlexGrey-MindStatesJamaica.mp3https://archive.org/download/024AlexGreyMindStatesJamaica/024-AlexGrey-MindStatesJamaica.mp3023-Various: Mind States IV (2003) Sound BitesFri, 16 Dec 2005 23:23:57 GMThttps://archive.org/download/023MS2003sample/023-MS2003sample.mp3CultureSamples from the 2003 Mind States conference that was held in Berkeley, California in May of that year. Included are sound bites from talks bySusan Blackmore, Richard Glen Boire, Earth & Fire Erowid, and Ralph Metzner.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/zBenV7l4ds4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/zBenV7l4ds4/023-MS2003sample.mp3https://archive.org/download/023MS2003sample/023-MS2003sample.mp3https://archive.org/download/023MS2003sample/023-MS2003sample.mp3022-Shulgin: "Natural vs. Synthetic Psychedelic Chemicals"Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:46:57 GMThttps://archive.org/download/022SashaShulginNaturalvsSynthetic/022-SashaShulgin-NaturalvsSynthetic.mp3ChemistryA talk by Sasha Shulgin at the 2002 Mind States conference in Jamaica.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/Q-ubFTNTjrA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/Q-ubFTNTjrA/022-SashaShulgin-NaturalvsSynthetic.mp3https://archive.org/download/022SashaShulginNaturalvsSynthetic/022-SashaShulgin-NaturalvsSynthetic.mp3https://archive.org/download/022SashaShulginNaturalvsSynthetic/022-SashaShulgin-NaturalvsSynthetic.mp3021-Shulgin: "Psychedelic Psychotherapy and the Shadow"Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:05:40 GMThttps://archive.org/download/021AnnShulginShadow/021-AnnShulgin-Shadow.mp3TherapyA talk by Ann Shulgin about the significant work that was done by therapists who were using MDMA as a tool in their work, which was done before the government classified MDMA as having no medical use.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/m3INGIBOK70" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/m3INGIBOK70/021-AnnShulgin-Shadow.mp3https://archive.org/download/021AnnShulginShadow/021-AnnShulgin-Shadow.mp3https://archive.org/download/021AnnShulginShadow/021-AnnShulgin-Shadow.mp3020-McKenna-Abraham: "Q and A about the Web and the Millennium"Thu, 3 Nov 2005 23:49:52 GMThttps://archive.org/download/020McKennaAbraham02/020-McKennaAbraham02.mp3CultureThe question and answer session after a dialogue between Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham in August 1998.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/hs8sBw1Yl6Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/hs8sBw1Yl6Y/020-McKennaAbraham02.mp3https://archive.org/download/020McKennaAbraham02/020-McKennaAbraham02.mp3https://archive.org/download/020McKennaAbraham02/020-McKennaAbraham02.mp3019-McKenna-Abraham:: "The World Wide Web and the Millennium"Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:51:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/019McKennaAbraham01/019-McKennaAbraham01.mp3CultureA dialogue between Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham at Omega Institute on August 1, 1998.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/5FWOTOn1_WU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/5FWOTOn1_WU/019-McKennaAbraham01.mp3https://archive.org/download/019McKennaAbraham01/019-McKennaAbraham01.mp3https://archive.org/download/019McKennaAbraham01/019-McKennaAbraham01.mp3018-Davis: "Visionary Art/Visionary Design"Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:51:51 GMThttps://archive.org/download/018ErikDavisBM2005/018-ErikDavisBM2005.mp3CultureA talk given by Erik Davis at the MAPS/Palenque Norte Lectures during the Burning Man festival in 2005.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/SiLbs4KPk78" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/SiLbs4KPk78/018-ErikDavisBM2005.mp3https://archive.org/download/018ErikDavisBM2005/018-ErikDavisBM2005.mp3https://archive.org/download/018ErikDavisBM2005/018-ErikDavisBM2005.mp3017-Pinchbeck: "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dimensional Shift"Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:51:54 GMThttps://archive.org/download/017DanielPinchbeckBurningMan2005/017-DanielPinchbeck-BurningMan2005.mp3CultureA talk given by Daniel Pinchbeck at the MAPS/Palenque Norte Lectures during the Burning Man festival in 2005.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/1NpNkr9CAl0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/1NpNkr9CAl0/017-DanielPinchbeck-BurningMan2005.mp3https://archive.org/download/017DanielPinchbeckBurningMan2005/017-DanielPinchbeck-BurningMan2005.mp3https://archive.org/download/017DanielPinchbeckBurningMan2005/017-DanielPinchbeck-BurningMan2005.mp3016-Clark: "Monkey's Trip, A Short History of the Human Species"Thu, 6 Oct 2005 23:51:58 GMThttps://archive.org/download/016FraserClark001/016-FraserClark001.mp3EvolutionA story about reversing the Big Lie . . . The true story of Monkey's Marvelous Trip from the African Jungle to Inner and Outer Space by Fraser Clark.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/TsKquTN1jaQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/TsKquTN1jaQ/016-FraserClark001.mp3https://archive.org/download/016FraserClark001/016-FraserClark001.mp3https://archive.org/download/016FraserClark001/016-FraserClark001.mp3015-Fisher: "Treating Childhood Schizophrenia With LSD and Psilocybin"Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:52:01 GMThttps://archive.org/download/015GaryFisher01/015-GaryFisher01.mp3PsychedelicsA conversation with psychedelic research pioneer, Gary Fisher, Ph.D., about some of his early work with seriously ill children.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/RsqQ-TUvB_0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/RsqQ-TUvB_0/015-GaryFisher01.mp3https://archive.org/download/015GaryFisher01/015-GaryFisher01.mp3https://archive.org/download/015GaryFisher01/015-GaryFisher01.mp3014-Various: "Medical Marijuana On The Offensive"Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:52:05 GMThttps://archive.org/download/014MedicalMarijuanaSuesUS/014-MedicalMarijuanaSuesUS.mp3MedicineDr. Rick Doblin and others discuss the latest news in the struggle to gain approval for cannabis as a legitimate medicine in the U.S. And the story of activist Steve McWilliams is also told.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/16dSwLPWhZo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/16dSwLPWhZo/014-MedicalMarijuanaSuesUS.mp3https://archive.org/download/014MedicalMarijuanaSuesUS/014-MedicalMarijuanaSuesUS.mp3https://archive.org/download/014MedicalMarijuanaSuesUS/014-MedicalMarijuanaSuesUS.mp3013-Grob: "Cancer Anxiety Study Tests Psilocybin"Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:52:08 GMThttps://archive.org/download/013CharlesGrobKathleens705/013-CharlesGrob-Kathleens-7-05.mp3CancerThis is a talk Dr. Charles Grob gave in July 2005. The topic was his current FDA-approved research project using the active ingredient from "magic mushrooms" to treat anxiety in cancer patients.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/K_qWjsCyDmg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/K_qWjsCyDmg/013-CharlesGrob-Kathleens-7-05.mp3https://archive.org/download/013CharlesGrobKathleens705/013-CharlesGrob-Kathleens-7-05.mp3https://archive.org/download/013CharlesGrobKathleens705/013-CharlesGrob-Kathleens-7-05.mp3012-Räetsch: "Witches Ointments and Aphrodisiacs"Thu, 8 Sep 2005 23:52:11 GMThttps://archive.org/download/012ChristianRaetschWitchesOintments/012-ChristianRaetsch-WitchesOintments.mp3CultureA talk given by Christian Raetsch near Palenque, Mexico. The subject is the myths, plants, and recipies involved in witches ointments and aphrodisiacs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/vuHVFVbIA7Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/vuHVFVbIA7Q/012-ChristianRaetsch-WitchesOintments.mp3https://archive.org/download/012ChristianRaetschWitchesOintments/012-ChristianRaetsch-WitchesOintments.mp3https://archive.org/download/012ChristianRaetschWitchesOintments/012-ChristianRaetsch-WitchesOintments.mp3011-McKenna: "Culture and ideology are not your friends"Thu, 4 Aug 2005 23:58:50 GMThttps://archive.org/download/011TerenceMcKennaDenver1999/011-TerenceMcKenna-Denver-1999.mp3CultureThis is a talk given by Terence McKenna given in April 1999. Topics include: "The struggle between novelty and habit." and "Cultures are virtual realities made of language.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/dqo0PYp_C_I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/dqo0PYp_C_I/011-TerenceMcKenna-Denver-1999.mp3https://archive.org/download/011TerenceMcKennaDenver1999/011-TerenceMcKenna-Denver-1999.mp3https://archive.org/download/011TerenceMcKennaDenver1999/011-TerenceMcKenna-Denver-1999.mp3010-Räetsch: "What the Lacandón people know and think about Palenque"Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:58:50 GMThttps://archive.org/download/010ChristianRaetschPalenqueRuins2001/010-ChristianRaetsch-PalenqueRuins-2001.mp3Mayan CultureA talk given by Christian Räetsch that the Mayan ruins near Plaenque, Mexico in January 2001.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/8nZINFn2nPc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/8nZINFn2nPc/010-ChristianRaetsch-PalenqueRuins-2001.mp3https://archive.org/download/010ChristianRaetschPalenqueRuins2001/010-ChristianRaetsch-PalenqueRuins-2001.mp3https://archive.org/download/010ChristianRaetschPalenqueRuins2001/010-ChristianRaetsch-PalenqueRuins-2001.mp3009-Brownstein: "Waking Up from the American Dream"Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:11:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/009MichaelBrownsteinBurningMan2004/009-MichaelBrownstein-BurningMan2004.mp3CultureA Palenque Norte lecture by poet and novelist Michael Brownstein at the 2004 Bunring Man festival.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/grkCYyM7ti0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/grkCYyM7ti0/009-MichaelBrownstein-BurningMan2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/009MichaelBrownsteinBurningMan2004/009-MichaelBrownstein-BurningMan2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/009MichaelBrownsteinBurningMan2004/009-MichaelBrownstein-BurningMan2004.mp3008-Grey: "Art, Love, Family, and Psychedelics" (Part 2)Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:11:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/008AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part2/008-AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part2.mp3ArtPart 2 of a Palenque Norte lecture given by Zena, Allyson, and Alex Grey at Burning Man 2003.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/a_lEyFQ16Ks" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/a_lEyFQ16Ks/008-AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part2.mp3https://archive.org/download/008AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part2/008-AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part2.mp3https://archive.org/download/008AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part2/008-AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part2.mp3007-Grey: "Art, Love, Family, and Psychedelics" (Part 1)Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:11:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/007AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part1_20150730/007-AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part1.mp3ArtPart 1 of a Palenque Norte lecture given by Zena, Allyson, and Alex Grey at Burning Man 2003.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/9Znmfz6Yna4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/9Znmfz6Yna4/007-AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part1.mp3https://archive.org/download/007AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part1_20150730/007-AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part1.mp3https://archive.org/download/007AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part1_20150730/007-AlexGreyBurningMan2003Part1.mp3006-Hanna: "Drug-Inspired Metaphysical Concepts"Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:11:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/006JonHannaBurningMan2003_201507/006-JonHanna-BurningMan2003.mp3PsychedelicsA Palenque Norte lecture given by Jon Hanna at the Palenque Norte lectures during the 2003 Burning Man festival.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/zT13SOR5Buw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/zT13SOR5Buw/006-JonHanna-BurningMan2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/006JonHannaBurningMan2003_201507/006-JonHanna-BurningMan2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/006JonHannaBurningMan2003_201507/006-JonHanna-BurningMan2003.mp3005-Doblin: "Psychedelics and Marijuana: Therapy, Recreation, & Politics"Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:11:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/005RickDoblinBurningMan2004_201507/005-RickDoblin-BurningMan2004.mp3PsychedelicsA Palenque Norte lecture given by MAPS.org founder and president, Dr. Rick Doblin, at the 2004 Palenque Norte lectures at Burning Man.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/rrvbuF1wL7s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/rrvbuF1wL7s/005-RickDoblin-BurningMan2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/005RickDoblinBurningMan2004_201507/005-RickDoblin-BurningMan2004.mp3https://archive.org/download/005RickDoblinBurningMan2004_201507/005-RickDoblin-BurningMan2004.mp3004-Pinchbeck: "2012: A Change in How We Experience Time"Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:11:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/004DanielPinchbeckBurningMan2003_201507/004-DanielPinchbeck-BurningMan2003.mp3CultureA Palenque Norte lecture given by Daniel Pinchbeck at the Palenque Norte theme camp during Burning Man 2003.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/lXDriq8CpLc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/lXDriq8CpLc/004-DanielPinchbeck-BurningMan2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/004DanielPinchbeckBurningMan2003_201507/004-DanielPinchbeck-BurningMan2003.mp3https://archive.org/download/004DanielPinchbeckBurningMan2003_201507/004-DanielPinchbeck-BurningMan2003.mp3003-Davis: "The Cults of Burning Man"Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:11:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/003ErikDavisTheCultsofBurningMan/003-ErikDavis-TheCultsofBurningMan.mp3Burning ManA Palenque Norte lecture given by Erik Davis at the Palenque Norte theme camp at Burning Man in 2003.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/RHI_uTXHqFQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/RHI_uTXHqFQ/003-ErikDavis-TheCultsofBurningMan.mp3https://archive.org/download/003ErikDavisTheCultsofBurningMan/003-ErikDavis-TheCultsofBurningMan.mp3https://archive.org/download/003ErikDavisTheCultsofBurningMan/003-ErikDavis-TheCultsofBurningMan.mp3002-McKenna: "Linear Societies and Nonlinear Drugs"Sat, 11 Jun 2005 23:11:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/002TerenceMcKennaPalenque1999/002-TerenceMcKenna-Palenque1999.mp3ConsciousnessA talk given by Terence McKenna in Palenque, Mexico during January 1999.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/RCqEgxSnjLw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/RCqEgxSnjLw/002-TerenceMcKenna-Palenque1999.mp3https://archive.org/download/002TerenceMcKennaPalenque1999/002-TerenceMcKenna-Palenque1999.mp3https://archive.org/download/002TerenceMcKennaPalenque1999/002-TerenceMcKenna-Palenque1999.mp3001-Lorenzo: "Psychedelic Thinking"Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:11:18 GMThttps://archive.org/download/001LorenzoHagertyPsychedellicThinking_201507/001-LorenzoHagerty-PsychedellicThinking.mp3ConsciousnessA talk given by Lorenzo Hagerty in Berkeley, California near the end of May 2001 at the Mind States II conference.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~4/C_aMht9FOrQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PsychedelicSalon/~3/C_aMht9FOrQ/001-LorenzoHagerty-PsychedellicThinking.mp3https://archive.org/download/001LorenzoHagertyPsychedellicThinking_201507/001-LorenzoHagerty-PsychedellicThinking.mp3https://archive.org/download/001LorenzoHagertyPsychedellicThinking_201507/001-LorenzoHagerty-PsychedellicThinking.mp3